Question on Text B

7.Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and reteli the story to your partner.

                    There Are Some Things You Can't Get Away Without
    I have a confession to make, and the sooner it gets out in the open, the better I'll feel about. I don't drive a car.
    Americans are broad-minded people. they'll accept the fact that a person newspapercan be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even anewspaperman but if a man doesn't drive. therc is something wrong with him.

    Through the years I've found it very embarrassing to admit it to anyand my best friends tend to view me with suspicion and contempt.
    But where I really run into. trouble is when I go into a stone and try to made a purchase with a check.
    It happend again last week when I went to a discount house at a large shopping center in maryland.Iwanted to buy a portable tyewriter,and the salesman was very helpful about showing me the different modeIs.

    I decided on one, and then I said, "May I write out a personal check?"
    "Naturally, " he said kindly. "Do you have any identification?"
    "Of course," I said. I produced an American Express credit card, a Diner's Club credit card, a Bell Telephone credit card d i pass to the White House.
    The man inspected them all and then said,"Where's your driver's license?"
    "I don't. have one," I replied..
    "Did you lose it?"
    "No, I didn't lose it. I don't drive a car. "

    He pushed a button under the cash register, and suddenly a floor manager came rushing over.
    The salesman had now become surly."Thes guy's trying to cash a checd, and he doesn't have a driver's license. Should I call the store detective?"
    "Wait a minute. I'll talk to him , " the manager said. "Did you lose your driver's license for some traffic offense?"

    "No, I've never driven. I don't like to drive. "
    "Nobody likes to drive," the floor manager shouted. "That's no excuse. Why are you trying  to cash a check if you don't have a driver's license?"

   "I thought all the other identification was good enough," I explained. By this time the president of the store had arrived on the scene. Fortu nately, he recognized my name and okayed the check. He was very embarrassed by the treatment I had received and said, come on, I'll buy you a drink. "
   "I forgot to tell you," I said. "I don't drink either. "
   This was too much, even for him, and he pushed me toward the door.
   "Get out of here , " he said , "and don't come back ! " 

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