Question

melody watched animal videos online. she especially loved the dog videos where owners showed viewers the cool tricks they had taught their dogs. melody studied these how - to videos in depth, dreaming of making her own one day. as soon as melody began eighth grade, she was allowed to dog sit for neighbors. they paid her, though truthfully, she would have done it for free. this past summer, she began to volunteer at the local animal shelter once a week, but that was especially hard on her because of how precious all the animals were. she wanted to adopt all of them, but there was one dog in particular who never seemed to catch prospective adopters eyes. his name was milo and, from what the shelter could determine, he was somewhere around ten years old. milo would sit in his cage with his large soulful eyes and watch the throngs of prospective owners pass him by for younger, more purebred - looking animals. each time melody left her volunteer shift at the shelter, she hugged milo tightly, whispering in his large ears how special he was, simultaneously hoping the next time she volunteered he would be gone, adopted, yet hoping he would still be there for her to visit and cuddle. which phrase could replace the phrase prospective owners pass him by in paragraph 3 and mean the same thing? honest people moving rapidly away thoughtful people moving slowly interested people ignoring him respectful people saying hello to him

Explanation:

"Prospective owners" are people interested in adopting, and "pass him by" means ignoring him. So "interested people ignoring him" is the equivalent phrase.

Answer:

C. interested people ignoring him