Question

I loved music when I was young. I learned to play the guitar at 11 and I wrote my first song at 15. My dream was to become a country singer.

After years of hard work, a record company was showing interest in me. One day during a trip to mountains, a friend offered me a bit of meth, a kind of drugs(毒品). I smoked it. And that was all that I thought about for the next year and a half. I couldn’t live without it.

When the police came to me, I looked like death. The first seven days in prison, I just slept. When I woke up on the eighth day, I had never known such shame and guilt(罪恶感). I walked down the hall to the pay phone. My mama is the sweetest person on the earth, and I knew this was going to break her heart. When I heard her voice on the phone, I told her where I was. She just said, “Son, don’t you know you can’t do anything to make me not love you?”

Her words gave me the confidence to face my trouble. And I also realized this was my chance to start a new life.

When people hear my words, I hope they will not make the same mistake as I have, but I do know that you can overcome almost anything, especially smoking drug. That’s why I share my story here.

1. The writer wrote his first song when he was ____ years old.

A. 11 B. 13 C. 15 D. 17

2. Why was the writer put into prison?

A. Because he offered others meth.

B. Because he took drugs.

C. Because he refused the company.

D. Because he didn’t pay for his phone.

3. The writer’s purpose in telling his story is to ____.

A. show the drugs’ danger B. thank his mother

C. help his family D. warn other people

Answer 1

1.C   2.B   3. D