Answer:
.
Explanation:
you did not even post the passage. how can anyone answer?
Ok I will help you with that
Because the reader can pick out details to think about how the author made this hard to think about and just use other context clues like Contrast and Contridiction
The complete predicate in this sentence is A. mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.
B and C aren't correct, because they aren't complete predicates - something is missing.
D isn't correct, because <em>looking up from his computer monitor </em>is not a predicate, it is an adverb phrase.