Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The skill of execution is viewed as inseparable from art, and mastery of technical problems is a ______ for producing expressive interpretations.

precondition

The most appropriate option to fill in the blank is precondition.

The word precondition means a condition that must be met before something else can happen. In this context, the sentence is saying that mastery of technical problems is a precondition for producing expressive interpretations. This means that mastery of technical problems is a necessary condition for producing expressive interpretations.

The other options are not correct.

• Parasite means an organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits from it at the other organism's expense. It does not make sense in this context because mastery of technical problems is not something that lives in or on another organism.
• Premonition means a feeling that something bad is going to happen. It does not make sense in this context because mastery of technical problems is not something that is going to happen.
• Percussion means the act of striking a surface to produce a sound. It does not make sense in this context because mastery of technical problems is not something that produces a sound.