北京市2010年中考英语模拟试题及答案(7)

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　　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(住房汽车 ).

　　A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤 ).

　　A van can 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. Their children are usually asked to sit in the back seats behind them. The sixth and the seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcase(箱子 ) 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 home.

　　61. From the passage, a van is also called ________.

　　A. a motor car B. a motor home C. a motorbike D. a big truck