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. 2019 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 off ． What are you doing ， Mom？my daughter cried ， your nails look great! Dont cut them! But theyre ruined ，I said ， waving the broken one in her face ． Theyre not ruined ，she said ． you still have nine nails left! I hesitated ， with the scissors still in myhand ． My nails certainly werent perfect anymore ， and the opposite of perfectis ruined ， right ？ I mean ， this is how I think about most things ： its all or nothing ． Take my finances for example ． I can spend weeks being sensible and buying only essential items ， such as food for myfamily ． And then one day ， Ill see something expensive that I really like and buy it ． Then ， I think to myself ，well ， 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 ， but I dont know what causes this behavior ． I seem to go from goodtocomplete disasterin a matter of moments ． My brain only seesperfector disaster ， which is extremely unhelpful ． We humans are never just good or bad ﹣we are far more complex