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Read this excerpt from "What I Hope to Leave Behind.”

One of the things which I hope are coming home to us with a lessening of the abstract desire for money is an appreciation of the fact that some people have an ability to enjoy where others have not, and that one of the things that we must do is to give that ability to enjoy to more and more people.


Choose the best paraphrase of this sentence.


A. I hope that as material wealth becomes less important we will begin to enjoy life and teach this ability to people.


B. One of the things that I hope are coming home to us with a lessening of the desire for money is an appreciation that we are all connected.

C. As soon as we place little importance on money, we will gain an appreciation of the fact that some people have the ability to enjoy life.

D. Money and material wealth never make people happy, we should learn to find joy in simple things.

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It’s B! This is because the paragraph is explaining that they wish for an opportunity to stop wishing for materialistic values and start focusing on the environment and people around them.
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Answer:
C is the best option
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