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Read the passage. Which stage of the plot is this?
Alex nervously looked at the website of the Soccer Olympic Development Program. The program let in very few soccer players. It was especially challenging for goalies like him. Only the best players in the country were selected to train for a spot on the national team. Would he be one of them?

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