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Direction: In the following questions, you have several brie f passages with some questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Passage V

acquisitive nature has become the hallmark of people in modern times. If a neighbor possesses a kitchen gadget like a mixie or a grinder, we too have the desired to own the same. All efforts are geared to make this purchase, whether the time is essential or not. Shop-keepers vie with each other to sell the mixie or grinder to me conspired to sell the mixie or grinder to me whether I want it or not. Of course, my wife wants it.

The writer considers acquisitive nature to be

A) a good quality in people

B) a bad quality in people

C) an encouraging quality in people

D) a depressing quality in people