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Tes 4: Musik dan pertunjukan

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Tes campuran tingkat sangat mahir tentang konser, latihan, dan interpretasi: kolokasi yang halus, inversi, klausa relatif, dan pembentukan kata.

Bagian 1: Pilihan ganda

Pilih kata atau frasa yang paling tepat untuk melengkapi setiap kalimat.

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

Ketik kata atau kata-kata yang hilang pada setiap bagian kosong. Tulis satu kata kecuali soal jelas membutuhkan frasa pendek.

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

Gunakan kata dengan HURUF KAPITAL di akhir setiap kalimat untuk membentuk kata yang cocok dengan bagian kosong. Ketik satu kata.

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

a) oneTo play as one berarti bermain dengan kekompakan sempurna. Opsi lainnya tidak membentuk frasa tetap ini.
b) downTo bring the house down berarti menerima tepuk tangan yang sangat meriah. Ini adalah idiom tetap.
a) perceptiblePerceptible berarti dapat diamati. Perceptive menggambarkan orang yang cepat menyadari sesuatu.
c) thoughThough technically flawless adalah klausa konsesif yang diringkas. Despite tidak bisa diikuti langsung oleh kata sifat dengan cara ini.
a) othersSome ... others adalah pasangan baku untuk membagi kelompok jamak menjadi dua kubu pendapat.
d) open-endedOpen-ended berarti tanpa akhir yang ditentukan. Kata majemuk lainnya menggambarkan orang, bukan musik.
b) wasSuch was the power of adalah inversi formal. Bentuk lampau sesuai dengan wept.
c) versatileVersatile berarti mampu melakukan banyak hal berbeda dengan baik. Variable berarti kemungkinan berubah.

didSetelah Not once di awal kalimat, auxiliary diletakkan sebelum subjek: did the performers lose.
toLet alone berarti apalagi, dan di sini diikuti infinitive to sing.
isSetelah So + kata sifat di awal, kata kerja diletakkan sebelum subjek. Bentuk present sesuai dengan dare.
ofMost of whom adalah struktur relatif dengan kuantor: most of the audience.
if / thoughAs if dan as though sama-sama memperkenalkan perbandingan yang dibayangkan.
be / feel / becomeShould + subjek + kata kerja adalah kalimat pengandaian formal tanpa if. Be, feel, atau become unwell semuanya bisa dipakai.
nothingNothing like berarti sama sekali tidak mirip dengan. Bentuk negatif dibutuhkan karena dia kesulitan menggambarkan sesuatu yang baru baginya.
whoseWhose adalah kata ganti relatif posesif: whose work.

virtuosityKata bendanya adalah virtuosity: virtuoso + -ity.
painstakingPainstaking berarti dikerjakan dengan sangat teliti dan penuh usaha.
impreciseKata sifat bermakna negatif imprecise berarti tidak tepat.
quietness / quietudeKita membutuhkan kata benda: quiet + -ness, atau quietude yang lebih jarang dipakai.
interpretationKata bendanya adalah interpretation.
disciplinedKita membutuhkan kata sifat sebelum practice: disciplined.
unenthusiasticKata sifat bermakna negatifnya adalah unenthusiastic.
movinglyDibutuhkan kata keterangan untuk menerangkan written: movingly.