Question
Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
New Orleans is surrounded by water - Lake Pontchartrain, the Mississippi River, and the nearby Gulf of Mexico. Resting an average of six feet (two meters) below __1__, the city's safety has long depended on one of the world's most extensive __2__. - Brian Handwerk, National Geographic News, September 2, 2005
Which pair of phrases correct completes this quote?
Question 16 options:
the earth's surface
highway systems
fault lines
earthquake alarm systems
sea level
levee systems
high tide
canal systems
New Orleans is surrounded by water - Lake Pontchartrain, the Mississippi River, and the nearby Gulf of Mexico. Resting an average of six feet (two meters) below __1__, the city's safety has long depended on one of the world's most extensive __2__. - Brian Handwerk, National Geographic News, September 2, 2005
Which pair of phrases correct completes this quote?
Question 16 options:
the earth's surface
highway systems
fault lines
earthquake alarm systems
sea level
levee systems
high tide
canal systems
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct pair of phrases that completes the quote is:
**sea level**
**levee systems**
**sea level**
**levee systems**