12.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 is large,one of the 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 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 seat 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 home and the two seats 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.
41.A motor home is usually owned by a family withC.
A.a(chǎn) baby B.much money C.more than two children D.interest in van
42.Before Mr.Hagen and his wife bought a van,theyD.
A.sold their old house
B.moved to their grandparents'house
C.built a new place for a van
D.sold their second car
43.From the passage,a van is also calledB.
A.a(chǎn) motor car B.a(chǎn) motor home C.a(chǎn) motorbike D.a(chǎn) big truck
44.Americans usually use motor homesC.
A.to visit their grandparents at weekends
B.to do some shopping with all the family members
C.to travel with all the family members on holiday
D.to drive their children to school every day
45.Motor homes have become popular becauseD.
A.they can take people to another city when people are free
B.big families can put more things in motor homes
C.some people think motor homes are cheap
D.they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays.
分析 本文寫了美國家庭中擁有motor home去全家旅行,享受幸福的生活,這就是motor home在美國受歡迎的原因.
解答 41.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第一段最后一句"When the family is large,one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽車)."當(dāng)家庭成為一個大家庭時,其中一輛汽車會被出售,他們會買一輛住房汽車,可以推斷答案為C.
42.D 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段"This made them sell a second car and buy a van."這使他們賣掉了第二輛車,買了一輛貨車,故選D.
43.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段第一句"Americans call vans motor homes."美國人叫vans為motor homes,所以答案選B.
44.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段"A motor home is always used for holidays."A motor home是用來度假的,故選C
45.D 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段"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."一個大家庭的所有成員在一起旅行時享受幸福的生活,故選B.
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