Answer:
Very (1) few cities in Europe are like Lisbon, Portugal's unique capital. Apart from its distinctive fado music and incredible cuisine, visitors notice something else - the (2) amount of graffiti that can be seen across the city. There's something special about (3) much of the graffiti. Lisbon has so (4) many empty buildings that the city asked graffiti artists to decorate them with giant murals. In fact, it is estimated that the (5) number of abandoned buildings just in the city centre is over 4,000. Crumbling buildings that were boarded up have come to life again as canvasses for urban artists. (6) Some residents believe that it has brightened up the city centre and added to its charm, but others disagree. They have (7) little interest in urban art and would prefer to have (8) no graffiti at all.
Explanation:
The question above relies on our knowledge of countable and uncountable nouns. Words such as "few", "many", "some", and "number" accompany countable nouns, that is, nouns that can be quantified and used in the plural form. On the other hand, words such as "much" and "little" are used with uncountable nouns. Some words, such as "amount" and "no" can actually be used with both types of nouns, so it will really depend on the context to choose where to place them.
1:b
2:d
3:Oooo I can't answer this one without context
4:b
The answers provided to you should be:
A) “‘There are eighty of you in the car,’ the German officer added. ‘If anyone goes missing, you will all be shot, like dogs.’”
B) “On the first day of the journey, she had already begun to moan. She kept asking why she had been separated from her family.”
C) “When they came back, they told us that they had learned, in exchange for a gold watch, that this was the final destination.”
D) “But there was nothing outside but darkness. We returned to our places, shame in our souls but fear gnawing at us nevertheless.”
The answer is A because he is saying he will hunt them down and shoot them as if they were a wild animal, specifically a dog.
Distinctive has a positive connotation.
