Okay Isaac, if I get this incorrect it is on you because I asked you what the bolded word was, so now what I have to do for you ; I see a Gerund which would be 'skiing'. I say this because skiing is a verb, but in this sentence it is a present noun. So the answer here would be;
The answer is (B) because they are interested in the person speech so after he gets done they took a moment of silence and then started to cheer him on
