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　　Cars are important part in the United States．Without a car most people feel that they are 　　1　　．And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel 　　2　　 poor when he has a car．

　　Henry Ford was the man who first started 　　3　　 cars in large numbers．He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to 　　4　　 American culture．The car made the United States a nation on 　　5　　．And it 　　6　　 to make the United States what it is today．

　　There are three main reasons that the car has become so 　　7　　 in the United States．　　8　　 the country is a huge one and Americans like to 　　9　　 around it．The car 　　10　　 the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation．With a car people can go any place 　　11　　 spending a lot of money．The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public 　　12　　．Long distance trains have never been as 　　13　　 in the United States as they are in other parts of the world．Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by 　　14　　．But it is too expensive to be used 　　15　　．The third reason is the most 　　16　　 one．The Americans’ spirit of 　　17　　 is what really made cars popular．Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train, 　　18　　 a plane．They don’t like to have to 　　19　　 an exact schedule．A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time．And this is the freedom that Americans want 　　20　　 to have．

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