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Reading practice I’ve been in the taxicab business for thirty-five years, and I know there is a lot about it that is not so good. Taxicab drivers have to be tough fellows to be able to work in New York. You’ve got to fight the New York?traffic eight hours a day these days, so people get the wrong?impression that they are bad.? Actually, taxi?drivers are just like other people. Most of them will?behave as honest fellows. You read in the?papers almost every week where a taxi driver turns in money or jewels that people?leave in their cabs. If they weren’t honest, you wouldn’t be reading those stories in the papers. One time in Brooklyn, I found a diamond ring in my cab. I?remembered helping a lady with a lot of packages that day, so I went back to where I had?dropped her. It took me almost two days to trace her down in order to return her ring to her. I didn’t?get as much as “thank you”. Still I felt good?because I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she did. I was born and?raised in Ireland and lived there until I was nineteen years old. Then I came to this?country in 1913 where I had a family and bought my own cab. Life hasn’t been too?easy at times, but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit?put away for a rainy day. When I?started driving a cab, Park Avenue was mostly a bunch of coal yards. Hoofer’s Brewery was right next to where the Waldorf-Astoria is now. I did pretty well,?even in those days. In all my years of driving a taxicab, I have?never had any trouble with the public, not even with drunks.?? I believe?honesty is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like integrity (正直), etc. But it doesn’t make any?difference what they call it; it’s still what makes a man a good?citizen. This is my code, and I try to live by. 1. Why do people think taxicab drivers are bad according to the passage? A. They have been cheated by taxicab drivers before. B. Taxicab drivers are d