Kate and her husband ______ after nearly 6 years of marriage.

A．set up

B．split up

C．put up

D．picked up

Teenagers shouldn’t be _______ from school although they don’t do well in their studies.

A．moved

B．beaten

C．disappeared

D．removed

Vincent van Gogh’s paintings were at last _____ as works of genius.

A．practiced

B．recognized

C．realized

D．promised

I’m familiar with you because your name ____ in our yesterday’s conversation many times.

A．talked about

B．referred to

C．came up

D．pointed out

I have_______ my husband again and again not to smoke, but he won’t listen.

A．persuaded

B．advised

C．suggested

D．mentioned

Much to our joy, John was finally __________ to join in our adventurous journey.

A．advised

B．agreed

C．hoped

D．persuaded

He never    to help others in trouble because he is a kind-hearted man.

A．handled

B．hurried

C．hesitated

D．happened

--How did you find the film yesterday evening?
--Just so so. It _______ pace.

A．lacked in

B．lacked

C．was lacking

D．was lacked in

In class the teacher ___ the finance project in simple but vivid language to make it easier for us to understand.

A．undertook

B．clarified

C．approved

D．submitted

–The Wall Street Journal is giving me a laptop with Windows XP, an operating system I found satisfying when it first _____ eight years ago.
–Are you sure? You must be talking big.

A．turned out	B．brought out
C．worked out	D．came out