Mymom，Elsa，isonlyfourfeetten，butshehasagreatpersonality.Ilearnedeverythingaboutcooking 36 her.She’salsoagreatbusinesswoman.Oncesherannine 37 atthesametimejustbyherself 38 shetalkedtoheremployees，she’dstandonabox.Thusshecould lookthemstraightintheeyeand 39 connectwiththem.
Thesedays1workinmymom’srestaurant.Ofcourse，wequarrelwith 40 othersometimes，butIthinkit's 41 tobeopenandhonestandletthingsout.SinceGodhasgivenusallkindsofsenses，weshouldeachhaveourown 42 and，ofcourse，wecan’talways 43withothers’opinions.
Onedayawoman 44 Vickywashelpingmepreparecaponataforacookingclass.”Youforgotsugarandvinegar，”Vickypointedout.”They’reingredientsinmostcaponatarecipes.”
Iexplainedtoher，”Inmyfamily，wedon’t 45 sugarandvinegartoourcaponata.”
Sheargued，”Wedoinmyfamily，andourcaponataisverygood.”
“Yeah?Well，46 isgreat!”Ishoutedback.
Backandforthwewent 47 webothburstintotears.Whatareyoudoing?Iaskedmyself.Youbecamesoangry 48 becauseofarecipe!ThenIhuggedVickycloselyandshehuggedmerightback.We’vebeenbest 49 eversince.
Bereal.Makeconnectionswithpeople.Lookthemintheeye.Tellthemhowyoufeel.Don’tbeafraidtosay 50 youmean.Whenyouletgoofthefeelingsyouholdinside，you’11beamazedatwhatcomesbacktoyou.
36.A.with
B.from
C.to
D.for
37.A.restaurants
B.schools
C.hospitals
D.stores
38.A.Whoever
B.Whatever
C.Wherever
D.Whenever
39.A.slowly
B.really
C.carefully
D.hardly
40.A.one
B.some
C.each
D.every
41.A.dangerous
B.difficult &nb
