In which sentence does the underlined infinitive phrase function as a

a)the goal of the new train station is to move more trains from the station to the city.

b)to quickly move large groups of people is the purpose of public transportation.

c)the commuters were excited to ride on the new high-speed trains.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

so whats the question?

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.