Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family becomes large, one of their cars is sold and they will buy a van.

A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. A van can hold seven persons easily, so a family of three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. They could all travel together.

Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. The sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home, the suitcases are brought into the two seats. The van can then carry the grandparents.

Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

1.The word “van” in this text probably means ________.

A. 住房汽車 B. 機(jī)動車輛 C. 移動家庭 D. 大型卡車

2.Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they ________.

A. sold their old house B. sold their second car

C. moved to their grandparents’ home D. built a new place for a van

3.A motor home is usually owned by a family with ________.

A. a baby B. much money C. more than two children D. interest in vans

4.Americans usually use motor homes ________.

A. to visit their grandparents at weekends

B. to drive their children to school every day

C. to travel with all the family members for holidays

D. to do some shopping with all the family members

5.Motor homes have become popular because ________.

A. they can take people to some other cities

B. big families can take more things along

C. some people think motor homes are cheap

D. they can bring families a much happier life

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