TOEFL Preparation Test (Reading Comprehension)

1. What is the topic of the passage?

• The characteristics of romantic music

• Various types of music

• Popular music in the eighteenth century

• A comparison of romantic and classical music

2. The word "greatly" in line 1 could best be

replaced bv which of the following?

• Famously

• Tremendously

• Structurally

• Slightly

3. According to the passage, classical music ___

• expresses feelings and thoughts

• was popular in the nineteenth century

• has rigid forms

• is less structured than romantic music

4. The word "form" in line 2 is closest in meaning to

• structure

• meter

• meaning

• use

5. it can be inferred from the passage that romantic music ___

• developed prior to the eighteenth century

• did not have a strict form

• came before classical music

• was more concerned with form than feeling

6. The word "goal" in line 4 is NOT close in meaning to which of the following?

• Aim

• Objective

• Result

• Purpose

7. The word "emotion" in line 4 is closest in meaning to

• feeling

• logic

• sound

• movement

8. According to the passage, romantic music filled the listener with all of the following, EXCEPT ___

• thoughts of poetry

• thoughts of wonder

• thoughts of loveliness

• thoughts of strictness

9. Where in the passage does the author mention when the different types of music were popular?

• Lines 1-2

• Line 3

• Line 4

• Line 5