TPR VR Workbook, passage 9, question 3 (not a test question)

[Gauss44]

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#3
The sentence, "Also note that when only terminal illnesses are treated, those not cured tell no one of the failure" (paragraph 6) serves as:

Correct answer: a humor device.

What clues are there that the author found this funny? Or, if you got this one right when you did the passage, how did you figure?

Paragraph 6:
It may take a while to reach 40% level of cure because any newly established program shall not have cultivated the word-of-mouth advertising needed to insure its success. One person saying, "I was only told that my problem was beyond medical help, but they cured me," can direct countless people to the treatment with required degree of faith. Also note that when only terminal illnesses are treated, those not cured tell no one of the failure.

 

[jtran7]

I used the process of elimination with the reasoning that some questions have bad answers but you have to pick the best answer available.

so...
A - that sentence is not a recommendation
B - not sure
C - thats not the main point of the paragraph, the main point was it will take a while to reach 40%
D - definitely not describing a mechanism for cure

so from this I chose B

 

[Gauss44]

I used the process of elimination with the reasoning that some questions have bad answers but you have to pick the best answer available.

so...
A - that sentence is not a recommendation
B - not sure
C - thats not the main point of the paragraph, the main point was it will take a while to reach 40%
D - definitely not describing a mechanism for cure

so from this I chose B

That is definitely a good strategy, maybe the best one for that question.