Believing the spider-man story would fail because readers would find spiders unappealing, martin goodman refused to publish it. which statement best explains how the participle is used in the sentence.
A, the participle unappealing functions as an adjective that modifies spiders.
B, the participle believing functions as a verb that describes the action of the spider-man story.
C, the participle refused functions as an adjective describing goodman.
D, the participle would find functions as a verb describes the action to readers.

Tia and lin had been best friends since kindergarten. both avid soccer players, the girls decided to try out for the high school team together. unfortunately, there was just one open spot, so only one of the girls would be chosen. they both worked hard, and on tryout day, they did their best. when the team roster came out, lin was excited to see that she had made the team but sad that tia had not. tia was happy for her friend and vowed to work harder so she would make the team the next year. which sentence is the exposition of the passage