Ever since Henry Ford invented the Model T, America has been romanced by the automobile. Today America is very much a car culture and most people find that owning a car is (1) to their lives. Modem housing developments usually (2) up in the suburbs away from city transportation, but (3) to main boulevards and interstate highways which become a lifeline to support their (4) lifestyles. To live in these developments (5) a car would make modem life almost impossible. One would become a virtual prisoner in his own home. For this (6) no private home today is built without a driveway and garage. Many homes may even have as (7) as three or four cars, one (8) by each member of the family. Japanese cars, (9) small in size, are very popular in America because they are very economical to maintain and fuel efficient. In (10) , American cars are neither economical to run nor efficient with fuel. Nevertheless, they are much larger with plenty of (11) in the trunk storage area and the back seat. However, in (12) to other developed nations, gas in America is still reasonably (13) . Americans, therefore, tend to clock in more miles on their car every year (14) of the larger (15) covered in getting from place to place. Perhaps no country in the world has developed (16) an extensive highway system as the United States with so many toll-flee roads. Her dependence on the (17) has made such highways both a convenience and a necessity. (18) these highway can be found almost every modem (19) so that one can travel endlessly without ever making (20) with cities. Along the highways are motels, restaurants, shopping malls and entertainment centers.