3 . Scientific studies show that laughter produces chemicals to make people feel better, which ________ clown doctors can be helpful.
I chose this ________ because of my experience of going to hospital when I was a kid. Although the doctors and nurses did a great job, hospitals weren’t really designed for ________. I stayed there feeling ________ and a little bored.
After years’ ________ training, I work as part of a program known as “hospital clowning”. Being a clown doctor means I can help people by ________ them.
One day, ________ my curly rainbow wig and big red nose, I walked into the waiting area, where there was a familiar atmosphere of ________ and tension. At that time I spotted a small girl crying in pain, with her ankle was twice its ________ size. Her ________ parents, sitting ________ on plastic chairs, were trying their best to ________ the nervous and crying girl.
While the doctor concentrated on ________ her ankle, I got her ________ by doing a magic trick. Although she was clearly still in some pain, her scared and anxious look had been ________—first by a small smile and then by loud laughter as I ________ produced her sock from out of my pocket. Seeing their daughter so much happier ________ made her parents more relaxed. My magic medicine did indeed seem to ________.
Even today, I still ________ a big smile as I remember all the fun and laughter of the day. After all, it is true that ________ is the best medicine.
1. A.means | B.draws | C.declares | D.announces |
2. A.responsibility | B.burden | C.career | D.dream |
3. A.patients | B.children | C.clowns | D.parents |
4. A.frightened | B.abandoned | C.annoyed | D.confused |
5. A.simple | B.general | C.familiar | D.special |
6. A.teasing | B.entertaining | C.comforting | D.educating |
7. A.taking on | B.working on | C.putting on | D.drawing on |
8. A.sacrifice | B.embarrassment | C.annoyance | D.boredom |
9. A.normal | B.formal | C.accurate | D.appropriate |
10. A.anxious | B.ambitious | C.cautious | D.disappointed |
11. A.cozily | B.uncomfortably | C.angrily | D.fortunately |
12. A.challenge | B.treat | C.guide | D.comfort |
13. A.operating | B.experiencing | C.controlling | D.examining |
14. A.attraction | B.admission | C.attention | D.assumption |
15. A.reflected | B.relieved | C.removed | D.replaced |
16. A.magically | B.originally | C.officially | D.reasonably |
17. A.in return | B.in vain | C.in turn | D.in question |
18. A.play a trick | B.do the trick | C.do no good | D.do the opposite |
19. A.stick | B.wear | C.supply | D.strengthen |
20. A.attitude | B.magic | C.laughter | D.behavior |