The tall mountains of Southwest Asia have frigid peaks. When clouds from the Mediterranean Sea hit the mountains of Southwest Asia, they drop their rain. As a result, the land east of the mountains gets very little rain. For this reason, much of Southwest Asia is
hot and dry. Areas near the Mediterranean Sea have warm, dry summers and mild, rainy winters.
How can the first sentence be revised to improve the coherence and overall quality of the paragraph?
OA. The Mediterranean area receives little rain in the summer.
OB. Europe and Asia have very different cultures. How can the first sentence be revised to improve the coherence and overall quality of the paragraph?
OC. The Mediterranean and Southwest Asia have very different climates.
OD. Ionce visited the Mediterranean.