请教OG11里面的第111题

Grammatical construction + Rhetorical Construction
    

To be 1ogical．the underlined portion of this sentence must use chronological order；to be clear, it must omit wordy or awkward phrasing．Born in Calcutta in 1940 is a logically and grammatically correct way to begin the sentence，and this modifying phrase must be immediately followed by the noun it modifies，author Bharati Mukherjee．Being…since is an awkward, wordy construction better replaced by the more direct became a United States citizen in 1988．Since the original phrase (being…)has been made into a main clause with this change，a semicolon should separate it from the second main clause beginning she has lived．

A  The phrases are expressed in an illogical and ungrammatical sequence．

B  Having been suggests that the citizenship came chronologically before the birth；the author's name must be used before the pronoun．

C  Correct．In this sentence，the sequence of events is expressed logically, grammatically, and concisely in each independent clause．

D  Progressive verb forms being born and having been illogically suggest continuous action and fail to establish a logical time sequence；wordy and awkward．

E  Progressive verb forms having been born and being illogically suggest continuous action and fail to establish a logical time sequence；wordy and awkward．

The correct answer is C．