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1、2021年河南省郑州市高考英语一模试卷2021年河南省郑州市高考英语一模试卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并且在答题卡上将该项涂黑1（6分）A month ago， I broke a nail My other nails looked amazing， but now one was a mess Clearly， there was no point in keeping the others， so I look out the nail scissors to cut them all offWhat are you doing
2、， Mom？my daughter cried， your nails look great! Dont cut them!But theyre ruined，I said， waving the broken one in her faceTheyre not ruined，she said you still have nine nails left!I hesitated， with the scissors still in my hand My nails certainly werentperfect anymore， and the opposite of perfectis r
3、uined， right？ I mean，this is how I think about most things： its all or nothing Take my finances for exampleI can spend weeks being sensible and buying only essential items， such asfood for my family And then one day， Ill see something expensive that I really like and buy it Then， I think to myself，w
4、ell， I already spent 100 dollars on that dress last week，so I may as well spend 50 dollars on this lipstick（口红）and give up saving entirely， Ive thought about why I act this way， butI dont know what causes this behavior I seem to go from goodtocompletedisasterin a matter of moments My brain only sees
5、perfector disaster，which is extremely unhelpfulWe humans are never just good or badwe are far more complex We have wins and we have losses and， occasionally， they are hard to tell apart Some people understand this instinctively（本能地）， while others struggle For most of us，learning not to do the thing
6、were used to requires effort and discomfort However， we should remind ourselves that we sometimes make mistakes，and that this doesnt mean weve failed We need to accept that things will sometimes go wrongIndeed， failure is part of life We all fall occasionally， and we normally get straight back up An
7、d so， with my daughters words ringing in my ears，I decided to keep my nine nice nails I feel annoyed every time I look at myhands ， but I m determined to live with my choice Its a perfect exercise in imperfection Maybe soon， Ill switch off my computer the next time I feel like I might buy something
8、else I dont need， although I may need my daughter there to guide me again（1）Why did the author want to cut off her nails？AShe got all of them ruinedBShe didnt like long nails at allCShe didnt want to have imperfect nailsDShe wanted to prevent them being broken（2）what is the authors problem with her
9、life？A She is rather crazy about shoppingB She looks at life in an extreme wayC She is too careful with her financesD She is unwilling to change her mind（3）What does the author think of failure？A It is just a normal part of lifeB It can help people to be strongerC It can completely destroy our lifeD
10、 It is something we need to overcome2（8分）My son Sam is 16 and autistic（自闭症） Theres a lot of going on in that beautiful and brilliant mind of his， but even on a good day he can be easily at a loss Throw in some diagnosed anxiety， an inability to read social cues （信号） and an unexpected change to his d
11、aily routine， and you have the way to deal with a very public meltdown（崩溃）It was Sams very first day at high school Wed set up a plan for how hed get home： Id pick him up outside the shop near his school at 3：30 pm and Ibelieved this was a perfect plan Unknown to me， very bad weather was on its way
12、and I was unable to warm him to take a shelterWith the combination of his dead phone battery and my dead car battery， I was running late and unable to communicate that to him As a result， he was left alone and extremely frightened He became very upset outside the shop，exactly where Id told him to wa
13、itThis was when a beautiful older Vietnamese lady not only went to CHECK ON him， but took him inside her shop， calmed him down， got my phone number form him and called meFive years later he continued to go into her shop every afternoon， bought a drink， had a chat and she sent him home with enough br
14、ead and rolls to feed a small nationSam will graduate this year， and Im increasingly feeling the need to drop by the shop to let this wonderful lady know that she has saved Sam， and that she has saved me Im not sure if I can communicate all of this， but at least I will get to thank herThere are peop
15、le I will not get to thank， thoughthe many kind strangers who have been there for Sam And believe me， if youre wondering if this world is a complete mess right now ， Im here to say that is notSo I guess this is a love letter to those of you who have helped a stranger out of the goodness of your heart Pleased know hyou are appreciated， that your beautiful heart and kindness are appreciated ， and that ， perhaps unknowingly，you have make a great difference in someones life（1）What can we learn about Sam from the first paragraph？A He is rather slow with his studiesB He can deal with sudden ch
