单项选择题


Questions 17 -20 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read questions 17 -20.
The author gives a detailed description of the preparation of a feast, in order to ______.

A.show the hospitality of the host
B.suggest the promising prospect of the forum
C.set a contrast between the friendly atmosphere and the dim prospect of the forum
D.celebrate New Zealand’s survival of the financial turmoil