Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 9 | 100 RCs for GMAT PDF Download

Although American football was derived from the English sports of soccer and rugby, it should be called a purely American sport because it was first played in America.

What makes American football essentially American is that it was derived from the convergence of English soccer and rugby.

Most sports scholars deny the English origins of American football.

Because American football was derived from the English sports of soccer and rugby, it should not be called an American sport.

Because the essence of America lies in the plurality of its roots, American football should not be called an American sport.

A female vocalist attempting to vocalize the tone and melodic line just played by a trumpet

A male vocalist using the European harmonic system to derive a melodic line

A trombone player attempting to imitate the sound of a male vocalist

A vocalist improvising a melodic line

A call and response between two or more instruments in the ensemble

New Orleans was not the place where jazz music was first played.

Jazz music was first created in New Orleans when four avant-garde musicians from different musical backgrounds came together to experiment with unprecedented musical concepts.

With the influx of West Africans to the Americas came a very specific West African musical style that was later renamed "jazz" by Americans who heard this style of music being played in New Orleans.

Jazz music actually draws more of its character from South American and Native American traditions than from those of Europe or West Africa.

West African musical styles are heavily influenced by the musical traditions of a variety of Middle Eastern cultures.

The first paragraph presents two sides of an issue; the second paragraph subjectively presents background information relevant to the issue; the third paragraph summarizes the points made earlier in the passage.

The first paragraph introduces two differing viewpoints on an issue; the second paragraph objectively presents relevant information; the third paragraph describes the author's opinion on the issue.

The first paragraph introduces two differing viewpoints on an issue; the second paragraph gives a comprehensive history of the debate; the third paragraph describes one person's perspective on the debate.

The first paragraph presents two sides of an issue; the second paragraph presents newly discovered information relevant to the issue; the third paragraph summarizes the main points presented earlier in the passage.

The first paragraph introduces a controversy; the second paragraph presents background information relevant to the controversy; the third paragraph settles the controversy.

Jazz music was first played in the twentieth century.

Jazz music was first played in New Orleans.

The instrumentation used in jazz music includes horns as well as stringed instruments.

Impromptu elements are a common characteristic of jazz performance.

There is disagreement among musicologists as to whether jazz music should be called an American art form.

the emphasis on a tonal harmonic structure

the use of the guitar as one of the primary rhythm instruments

melodic lines rooted in the dorian scale

the use of many instruments in a jazz ensemble

an impromptu call-and-respo ns e between two instruments in the ensemble