Choose the closest paraphrased version after the following sentence or the italicized part.

Then he had tried selling dry sherry. That did not answer; the sherry was a little too dry.（ ）

Choose the closest paraphrased version after the following sentence or the italicized part.

Then he had tried selling dry sherry. That did not answer; the sherry was a little too dry.（ ）

A.

He sold dry sherry, but he couldn’t handle the customers’ complaint about the taste of sherry.

B.

He sold dry sherry, but it was not as profitable as he had expected.

C.

He sold dry sherry, but no one showed interest in his wine.

D.

His sherry didn’t sell well, eventually all the sherry dried up.

正确答案是B