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Test 4: Música e interpretación

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Un test mixto de nivel de dominio sobre conciertos, ensayos e interpretación: colocaciones finas, inversión, oraciones de relativo y formación de palabras.

Parte 1: Huecos de opción múltiple

Elige la palabra o expresión que mejor completa cada frase.

  1. The quartet played as ___, every entry exactly together.
    • a) one
    • b) single
    • c) unity
    • d) a one
  2. The soloist brought the house ___ with an encore nobody had expected.
    • a) over
    • b) down
    • c) in
    • d) up
  3. The conductor’s gestures were barely ___, yet the orchestra responded at once.
    • a) perceptible
    • b) perceptive
    • c) perceptual
    • d) perceiving
  4. Her playing, ___ technically flawless, lacked any real warmth.
    • a) despite
    • b) therefore
    • c) though
    • d) unless
  5. Critics were divided: some found the production daring, ___ thought it merely self-indulgent.
    • a) others
    • b) the other
    • c) another
    • d) each
  6. The composer left the final bars deliberately ___, inviting each performer to decide how to end.
    • a) open-minded
    • b) open-handed
    • c) open-hearted
    • d) open-ended
  7. Such ___ the power of the final chord that several listeners wept.
    • a) is
    • b) was
    • c) were
    • d) had
  8. She is the most ___ of musicians: she can play almost anything by ear.
    • a) variable
    • b) various
    • c) versatile
    • d) verbose

Parte 2: Huecos abiertos

Escribe la palabra o palabras que faltan en cada hueco. Escribe una sola palabra, a menos que el ejercicio necesite claramente una frase corta.

  1. Not once ___ the performers lose their concentration during the long second movement.
  2. The piece is difficult to play, let alone ___ sing.
  3. So demanding ___ the part that few singers dare to attempt it.
  4. The audience, most ___ whom had never heard the work, listened in rapt silence.
  5. She played the passage as ___ she had known it all her life.
  6. Should the soloist ___ unwell, the understudy will step in.
  7. The critic admitted that she had heard ___ like the singer’s voice before and struggled to describe it.
  8. The composer, ___ work was largely ignored in her lifetime, is now widely performed.

Parte 3: Formación de palabras

Usa la palabra en MAYÚSCULAS al final de cada frase para formar una palabra que encaje en el hueco. Escribe una sola palabra.

  1. The pianist’s ___ was breathtaking: she played the hardest passages without a flicker of effort. (VIRTUOSO)
  2. The conductor was known for his ___ attention to detail. (PAIN)
  3. The performance was marred by several ___ entries from the brass section. (PRECISE)
  4. The ___ of the opening, barely above a whisper, silenced the hall. (QUIET)
  5. Her ___ of the slow movement divided critics, some finding it moving, others merely sluggish. (INTERPRET)
  6. Years of ___ practice had given her hands an almost effortless precision. (DISCIPLINE)
  7. The audience was ___, clapping politely but never rising to its feet. (ENTHUSE)
  8. Few composers have written so ___ for the cello. (MOVE)

Respuestas

Parte 1: Huecos de opción múltiple

  1. a) oneTo play as one significa tocar en perfecta unidad. Las demás opciones no forman esta expresión fija.
  2. b) downTo bring the house down significa recibir enormes aplausos. Es un modismo fijo.
  3. a) perceptiblePerceptible significa que se puede notar. Perceptive describe a una persona que se da cuenta de las cosas rápidamente.
  4. c) thoughThough technically flawless es una oración concesiva reducida. Despite no puede ir seguido directamente de un adjetivo de esta manera.
  5. a) othersSome ... others es el par habitual para dividir un grupo plural en dos conjuntos de opiniones.
  6. d) open-endedOpen-ended significa sin un final fijo. Los demás compuestos describen a personas, no a la música.
  7. b) wasSuch was the power of es una inversión formal. El pasado concuerda con wept.
  8. c) versatileVersatile significa capaz de hacer bien muchas cosas distintas. Variable significa que puede cambiar.

Parte 2: Huecos abiertos

  1. didDespués de Not once al principio de una oración, el auxiliar va antes del sujeto: did the performers lose.
  2. toLet alone significa «y mucho menos», y aquí va seguido del infinitivo to sing.
  3. isDespués de So + adjetivo al principio, el verbo va antes del sujeto. El presente encaja con dare.
  4. ofMost of whom es una estructura de relativo con cuantificador: most of the audience.
  5. if / thoughAs if y as though introducen ambos una comparación imaginada.
  6. be / feel / becomeShould + sujeto + verbo es un condicional formal sin if. Be, feel o become unwell sirven todos.
  7. nothingNothing like significa en absoluto parecido a. Se necesita una negación porque le costaba describir algo nuevo para ella.
  8. whoseWhose es el pronombre relativo posesivo: whose work.

Parte 3: Formación de palabras

  1. virtuosityEl sustantivo es virtuosity: virtuoso + -ity.
  2. painstakingPainstaking significa hecho con mucho cuidado y esfuerzo.
  3. impreciseEl adjetivo negativo imprecise significa poco exacto.
  4. quietness / quietudeNecesitamos un sustantivo: quiet + -ness, o el más raro quietude.
  5. interpretationEl sustantivo es interpretation.
  6. disciplinedNecesitamos un adjetivo antes de practice: disciplined.
  7. unenthusiasticEl adjetivo negativo es unenthusiastic.
  8. movinglySe necesita un adverbio para modificar a written: movingly.