Which sentence below correctly identifies the participle phrase?

A. Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.

B. For dinner Maurice enjoyed a hamburger topped with pickles, onions, and mustard.

C. Holding open the elevator doors, the kind man smiled at the tired mother.

D. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago.which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.