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ukThe Man Booker Prize: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
The prize, launched in 1969, aims to promote the finest in fiction by (1)_______ the best novel of the year written in English and published in the United Kingdom. (2)_______ the consistent excellence of The Man Booker Prize, judges (3)_______ from a wide range of disciplines, including critics, writers and academics, but also poets, politicians and actors, all with a passion (4)_______ quality fiction.
The winner of The Man Booker Prize receives £50,000 and, (5)_______ all the shortlisted authors, a cheque for £2,500 and a designer bound copy of their book. (6)_______ one of the objectives of the prize - to encourage (7)_______ possible readership for the best in literary fiction - the winner and the shortlisted authors now enjoy a dramatic increase in book sales worldwide. It needs (8)_______ that the prize is awarded to a particular book (9) _______ than to an author.
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | rewarding | rewarded | being rewarded | rewards |
| 2 | To maintain | Maintaining | To be maintained | Being maintained |
| 3 | chosen | are chosen | are choosing | being chosen |
| 4 | in | for | at | to |
| 5 | as though | as if | like | as |
| 6 | As if fulfilled | Being fulfilled | Fulfilling | To be fulfilled |
| 7 | wilder | wildest | the wildest | the most wildest |
| 8 | emphasized | emphasis | emphasize | to be emphasized |
| 9 | rather | more | soon | unlike |
1.A; 2.A; 3.B; 4.B; 5.C; 6.C; 7.C; 8.D; 9.A
