三、阅读理解(共13小题;每小题2分，满分26分)

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

I still remember the last time when two of my children and I went to the playground. It had rained during the night and the playground was very muddy (泥泞的). They had just put on clean clothes, so I was a little worried about the pools of water on the playground. It was not long before Kathy got her beautiful skirt dirty on the playground. She dug through the rocks. I was about to blame her for getting her clothes dirty when she ran towards me with a smile on her face. When she got to me, she handed me a little heart-shaped rock and said, “Here Mom! Here is a heart for you-just because I love you! Keep it!” with tears in my eyes, I thanked her.

Should I blame her for getting her clothes muddy? No way! I still have that little heart-shaped rock. It is one of the best gifts that I have ever received. I realize that many times it is not necessary for us adults to worry about the small things our children do. Let them do what they’d like to.

I will spend a lot more time on the playground with my children. I’m sure I will learn a lot from the children. It reminds me of some years ago when my grandfather told me, “You would not enter the kingdom (王国) of happiness until you pretended (假装) to be a small child.”

21.  The writer was deeply moved by her daughter’s ____________.

A. digging task on the playground B. love of the muddy playground

C. special way to show her love D. smile on her face when running

22.  From Paragraph 2, we can learn that the writer thought parents should _________.

A. allow kids to do whatever they like

B. keep the presents given by children

C. not give too much care to their own children

D. not worry about the small things their children do

23.  In the last paragraph, Grandpa’s words imply (暗示) that _____________.

A. children may find happiness easily in life

B. children care more about happiness than adults do

C. adults cannot share children’s happiness

D. adults should pretend to be a child