I will jelp you.
Automation in the sentence refers to B. The use of machines that function on their own.
The answer is "WAS". Hope this helps.
I would have to go with ( A) on that one
This line from Sylvia Plath poem “lady Lazarus “, one of many iconic of modern American poetry.
She could argue that you don't need to sell the same thing every year and therefore, we could all try something different this year, not just candy.
She also could argue that candies are not healthy and it's time to distance ourselves from them for now.
The best argument that she could pull off would be, if that was really the case, if fruits were easier and more profitable to sell. By far, if that was the argument, they would all sell fruit easily.