Mobile homes, pulled by specially
designed (设计) trucks have been increasing in
numbers all over the United States. Often, driving along, you can see some
mobile homes high on a hill. Some stand under trees along a river or a lake.
They're wonderfully built homes. Sometimes they're as much as 40 feet long, with
two to five rooms, and you can find many things you need in them. When you park
your mobile home, water, electricity power and telephones are connected, and
you can enjoy yourself there.
The fact that these homes can be moved doesn't
mean that they do move all the time. Sometimes their owners stay for years in
one place, plant gardens, build walls and so on. These
homes are often quite expensive. Some even cost $ 20,000.
Why does a family choose to live in such a home?
Well, it's comfortable, easy to keep clean, easy to keep warm, no need to
paint. What's more, the fast increase of mobile homes in numbers has something
to do with the job uncertainty(不稳定性). Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow. If a factory closes down, you
may be trapped with the house you can't sell. However, if you have a mobile
home, you can move on easily.
The greatest selling attraction of these mobile
homes is that they can be improved every year. If you're doing well, you may
change a new model just as you do with a car. There is a ready market for used
ones, so the price of the mobile homes is higher than that of automobiles (汽车).
56. Which of the following may NOT attract（吸引）people to buy mobile homes?
A. The new model appears every year.
B. Walls can be easily built around them.
C. They don't need to be
painted.
