17. TEST 1 – MUSIC 01

Mozart composed music when he was still a child. He had a great _____ for it. 

• ability

• gift

• force

• skill

I’m now going to play a piece _____ “The Fair”.

     

• denominated

• nicknamed

• labelled  

• entitled

The conductor was annoyed with the orchestra for not _____ time.

    

• beating

• keeping

• maintaining

• making

Schubert didn’t complete one of his symphonies so it will always be _____.

• defective

• deficient

• unfinished

• unready

The attendance at the music festival _____ all expectations.

      

• surpassed

• overcame

• overtook

• excelled

Just as the violinist began to play, one of the _____ on his violin broke.

     

• chords 

• cords

• wires 

• strings

She sat at the piano and began to play a patriotic _____.

• tune 

• note

• sound

• music

She never learnt the piano but she can play by _____.

     

• heart

• hand 

• ear

• memory

The audience gave the soloist an enthusiastic _____ when he entered.

     

• applause

• reception

• encore

• clapping

Although I play the piano quite well, I still can’t _____.

   

• play a score

• play the notes

• read a score 

• read music