Answer:
Vain - conceited, too proud (especially of one's looks)
The correct option is D.
The Mexico city was built on the ruins of an old lake. The lake was drained in order to provide the needed land for the city and water has to be regularly pump out of the underground aquifers in order to prevent flooding and also to provide drinking water for the city. This affected the supporting soil structure and result in the sinking of the city. The city has sunk by about 30 feet in the last 100 years and this has caused a lot of damages which are quite expensive to repair.
A really good way to find comparisons if you can't think of any is to google the summary of the story and character descriptions from sparknotes, or where ever. That usually helps me when writing c/c essays.
Answer:
was having/had
Explanation:
it depends on the context outside of it to. For example if you were telling a story and that was a detail it would be "was having" but any other context would be "had"
