The correct answer is the second one.
We know the speaker has had a hard life because "old Time's tuck his toll." By this, he means that time has taken its toll -- the years have been difficult.
Option D, taking turns looking at several people.
I'll go over why the other three options are bad ideas.
Option A and B do maintain eye contact, but it'll be inferred by the audience that you're looking at solely one person.
It's pretty obvious that Option C is a terrible idea, since the point of maintaining eye contact is to be looking at your audience.
The reason Option D is the best choice is because it keeps the audience engaged. By looking around a room, your audience will infer that you're addressing everyone in the room.
-T.B.
I’m sorry but what is the poem
Answer:
The background knowledge that when he was treating humans and kept pets, people stopped coming to him for treatment and he became poor.
Explanation:
While reading the story, Sweet T must have read of the time when Doctor Dolittle was treating humans and kept a lot of pets. People did not like the animals and they soon stopped coming to him for treatments. He began losing money and soon became very poor.
This background knowledge would help Sweet T make the inference that since pet owners were scared of bringing their sick pets to Dr. Dolittle, he would be losing money and would soon become poor again.
