Question

Read the excerpt from “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes.”

In my country, we make so much waste, we buy and throw away, buy and throw away, and yet northern countries will not share with the needy. Even when we have more than enough, we are afraid to lose some of our wealth, afraid to share.

According to Suzuki, people in northern countries do not share because

they prefer to waste their money.
they think sharing is only for the needy.
they buy a lot of material goods.
they are afraid to lose what they have.

Answer 1

they are afraid to lose what they have.

The passage says people are "afraid to lose some of our wealth, afraid to share," which directly supports that choice.