Question

【题目】Americans with small families own a car. If both parents are working , they usually have two cars. When the family is larger, they will sell one of the cars and buy a van(住房汽车).

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 with three children can ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. They can all travel together.

Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. So they sold their second car and bought a van. They thought it would be more convenient for them to go out together.

Americans call vans motor homes. They always use them for holidays. When a family is 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.

【1】Americans also call vans___________.

A. Motor cars B. Motor homes

C. Motorbikes D. motor trucks

【2】A family with _________ usually has a van.

A. a baby

B. Much money

C. more than two children

D. interest in vans

【3】Americans usually use motor homes to_________

A. Travel with all the family members for holidays

B. Do some shopping with all the family members

C. Visit their grandparents at weekends

D. Drive their children to school every day

【4】Motor homes have become popular because________

A.they can take people to another city when people are free

B.They can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays

C.Some people think motor homes are cheap

D.Big families can put more things in motor homes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析：文主要介绍了美国住房汽车的由来，这种汽车主要就是为了容纳更多的人，方便大家庭一起出行才出现的。

【1】B细节理解题。根据短文中的句子Americans call vans motor homes.描述可知，答案为B。

【2】C细节理解题。根据When the family is larger, they will sell one of the cars and buy a van(住房汽车).以及so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.及上下文描述可知选C。

【3】A细节理解题。根据短文中的句子Americans call vans motor homes. They always use them for holidays.可知，美国人常常开着房车去旅行，故答案为A。

【4】B细节理解题。根据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.描述可知，汽车住宅可以使一个大家庭的所有成员在一起旅行时都能过上更幸福的生活。故答案选B。