C
Wearing my white coat, I look just like any other doctor. That is until I put on my curly rainbow wig and big red nose.

I walk into the waiting area. A small girl’s ankle (脚踝) is twice its normal size. The nurse tells me Lara’s parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle. Since getting here, Lara has spent her time crying in pain. Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better.
Scientific studies show that laughter produces chemicals (化学物质) to make people feel better, which means clown doctors can be helpful. We are specially trained clowns and work as part of a programme called “hospital clowning”. I chose this career because of my experience of going to hospital when I was a kid. I always felt scared and more than a little bored! Being a clown doctor means I can help people by making them happy.
We clown doctors work closely with doctors and nurses, who give us information about each patient. We cheer up patients, their family, and the hospital staff, too! We do this by doing magic tricks, singing songs, telling stories and, of course, telling silly jokes.
And my “magic medicine” seems to do the trick. While the doctor is checking Lara’s ankle, I get her attention with a magic trick. Her scared look is slowly replaced by a smile, and then by loud laughter, when I “magically” pull her sock from my pocket. Seeing her so much happier in turn makes her parents relax.
And as for me? Well, when I take off my wig and my red nose, I’m still wearing a big smile, as I remember all the fun and laughter of the day. After all, it really is true that “laughter is the best medicine”.
()23. What does a clown doctor do?
A. Cheer up patients.
B. Treat patients’ illnesses.
C. Check patients’ bodies.
D. Clean the waiting area.
()24. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. What chemicals laughter can produce.
B. When the “hospital clowning” started.
C. Why the writer became a clown doctor.
D. How clown doctors help patients get better.
()25. How does the writer feel after a day’s work?
A. Happy and satisfied.
B. Tired and bored.
C. Worried and nervous.
D. Angry and upset.
()26. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. A hospital visit
B. The best medicine
C. A doctor’s daily work
D. The ways to be a doctor

23. A 24. C 25. A 26. B

【分析】
1. 第23题：首先明确题目询问小丑医生的工作职责，需回到原文找对应描述。文中第四段明确提到“We cheer up patients, their family, and the hospital staff, too!”，同时第二段指出治疗伤病是医护人员的工作，小丑医生的任务是让病人感觉好起来，由此判断选项A符合，其他选项是普通医护人员的工作，并非小丑医生的职责。
2. 第24题：题目问第三段主旨，梳理段落内容可知，第三段先介绍欢笑的作用，再讲述作者因小时候就医的经历选择成为小丑医生，核心是说明作者从事这份职业的原因，对应选项C。
3. 第25题：询问作者一天工作后的感受，定位到最后一段，文中提到“when I take off my wig and my red nose, I’m still wearing a big smile, as I remember all the fun and laughter of the day.”，从“big smile”和“fun and laughter”能看出作者开心且满足，对应选项A。
4. 第26题：选择最佳标题需结合全文主旨，全文围绕小丑医生用欢笑帮助病人展开，最后点明“laughter is the best medicine”，该句是全文核心主旨，所以最佳标题是选项B。
【解析】
23. 根据原文第四段“We cheer up patients, their family, and the hospital staff, too!”以及第二段“Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better.”可知，小丑医生的工作是让病人、家属和医护人员振作起来，选项A正确；选项B、C是普通医生护士的工作，选项D文中未提及。
24. 第三段先介绍欢笑产生化学物质能让人感觉更好，接着讲述作者因小时候就医时感到害怕无聊，选择成为小丑医生，整段核心是说明作者成为小丑医生的原因，对应选项C；选项A只是部分内容，选项B文中未提及，选项D不是该段重点。
25. 根据最后一段“when I take off my wig and my red nose, I’m still wearing a big smile, as I remember all the fun and laughter of the day.”可知，作者工作一天后依然带着大大的笑容，回忆着当天的欢乐，说明他感到开心且满足，选项A正确。
26. 全文围绕小丑医生用欢笑帮助病人展开，最后以“laughter is the best medicine”点明主旨，该句最能概括全文核心，所以最佳标题是“The best medicine”，对应选项B；选项A、C、D都不能准确概括全文主旨。
【答案】
23. A 24. C 25. A 26. B
【知识点】
细节理解，主旨归纳，推理判断
【点评】
这篇阅读理解围绕“小丑医生”的工作展开，考查学生对细节信息的抓取、段落主旨的归纳以及主旨标题的提炼能力。解题时需准确定位原文内容，结合上下文理解文意，区分不同角色的职责，同时把握全文核心主旨。
【难度系数】
0.7