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 with 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,then it can carry the grandparents.
Americans call van 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.
2. 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.