China’s economic and social development requires more substantial reforms, as unnecessary government influence on the private sector has _______ an abuse of authority.

Lawrence’s novel was rejected at first, but it later came to be ______ as a work of genius.

—Have you ever been to Singapore?—Yes, I ________  there three times in 2009 alone.

I’ll never forget the good trick my classmates ________ on me when I was in the primary school.

---How was Mary’s performance?---Oh, pretty good. I was quite __.