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The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

Long been	isolated	from	the outside world and
A		B

perched	high in	the Tibetan Himalayas, Lhasa
	C

is the capital of Tibet,	an autonomous region
	D

of the People’s Republic of China.	No error
	E

1. (A)


2. (B)


3. (C)


4. (D)


5. (E)

The error in this sentence occurs at (A), where there is awkward and wordy phrasing. The awkward “Long been” should simply be “Long” (“Long isolated...”).

Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors
(Writing)