Read the passage. Which stage of plot is this?
Alex got to the tryout game an hour earlier than his coach said to be there. Maria was already at the field, too. She was stretching and getting ready for the girls' tryouts. Alex and Maria had played soccer against each other for years in the park in their neighborhood. They were always trying to one-up each other. Seeing Maria made Alex want to do even better in his tryouts. He was feeling even more nervous as he started doing his warm-ups.

A. exposition
B. rising action
C. climax
D. falling action

Read the rough draft of a student's conclusion to anargumentative editorial.(1) year-round schooling would student achievement.(2) not so much information would have to be crammed intonine months. (3) furthermore, the elimination of long breaks, particularly summer break, would significantly reduce"learning loss" and the additional time wasted at thebeginning of each academic year to reteach previouslylearned material. (4) it is clear that year-round schooling students learn and retain more. (5) the united staleis not the only country to experiment with a year-roundschool schedule. (6) although many still claim that evidenceabout year-round school and its link to higher achievement isinconclusive, these people need to open their eyes and seethat students in these schools consistently score higher oncertain assessments than students who attend schools withtraditional nine-month calendars. (7) it is about time that wereplaced our outdated and inefficient school calendars. which best revises sentence 6 to create a more appropriate and respectful tone