单项选择题

It can be inferred from the passage that Van West notes the severe droughts which affected the Anasazi prior to the Great Drought primarily in order to

A.establishthatenoughfoodcouldhavebeengrowntosupporttheAnasazi'ssurvival
B.arguethattheAnasazi'spastbehaviorwouldindicatetheirlikelyfuturebehaviorinthecaseofaGreatDrought
C.suggestthattherepetitionofdroughtswastakingacumulativetollonthefertilityofthePlateau
D.arguethattheevidencewhichpointstotheexistenceofaGreatDroughtmayactuallyberelatedtoearlierdroughts
E.affirmthenotionthattheGreatDroughtmayhavebeenexponentiallymoreseverethanpriordroughts