Thrown across the cafeteria, Sideshow Mel ducked to
avoid the flying pancake.

an old man was walking on the street when a car was about to hit him matt murdock daredevil pused the old man out of the way and was hit instead.

the correct answer is a.

in english, an -s is added to the end of a verb when we are talking in the singular third-person (he/she/it). if we are talking about any other subject (i, you, we, they), we don't need the -s at the end of the verb. this is why applicants (they) is correct as the verb is appear.

c and d are incorrect, because they use -s when it is not necessary after job applicants (they) and many of them (they). b is also incorrect because "is" is used with singular objects and "are" with plural objects. hence, it should be, "all of the team members are highly qualified."