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Question:

The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentences is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

As officials, their vision of a country shouldn't run too far beyond that of the local people with whom they have to deal.
Ambassadors have to choose their words.
To say what they feel they have to say, they appear to be denying or ignoring part of what they know.
So, with ambassadors as with other expatriates in black Africa, there appears at a first meeting a kind of ambivalence.
They do a specialized job and it is necessary for them to live ceremonial lives.

Explanation:

Sentence B begins the paragraph. That is evident from the options. It is also evident because the sentence introduces the topic ‘ambassadors’. At first glance, BC seems a likely pair. But, it is not so. DC is a mandatory pair. ‘Ambivalence’ mentioned in sentence D is exemplified in sentence C (to say what they feel… they appear to be denying…) that helps us to rule out all other options that is, 1, 2 and 4. BEA talk about what ambassadors have to be like. Sentence D introduces another idea and as discussed earlier is followed by C.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

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