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Craft and StructureMediumFunction of a sentence about a bakery's flour

Craft and Structure practice question

The bakery uses only one kind of flour. This is not a matter of taste. The mill that supplies it is the last in the county, and the bakery buys its whole output so that the mill can survive.

Which choice best describes the function of the sentence "This is not a matter of taste" in the text as a whole?

  1. A. It heads off a likely assumption before the real reason is given.Correct
  2. B. It criticises the flour.
  3. C. It describes the bread's flavour.
  4. D. It explains how the mill works.

Answer: A. It heads off a likely assumption before the real reason is given.

Not taste; survival.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It criticises the flour.
No criticism.
C. It describes the bread's flavour.
No flavour.
D. It explains how the mill works.
No mechanism.

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