TOEFL Reading: ETS-TOEFL阅读机经 - UGUJPND337L3NDIHL$

Why does the author include the quotation "in a city in which the inhabitants are in water up to their mouths, they often go thirsty?" A. To indicate that the French traveled to Venice frequently in the fifteenth century. B. To illustrate the opinion of other Europeans about the water situation in Venice C. To suggest that the water supply problem of Venice continued well beyond the fifteenth century. D. To emphasize how serious the water problem was in Venice.