His talk on heritage sites has picked up my interest.
His talk on heritage sites has picked up my interest.
Solution
This question tests phrasal verb synonyms and idiomatic expressions.
When something "picks up" your interest, it awakens or stimulates curiosity that wasn't there before—like how a good book picks up steam as the plot thickens. We need the most precise synonym for this meaning.
Option 1 → Perfect match! "Aroused interest" is the classic expression for awakening curiosity.
Option 2 → Wrong fit—you adopt pets or policies, not interest levels.
Option 3 → Close but not quite—"caught" suggests grabbing existing attention, not creating it.
Option 4 → Doesn't work—you brighten rooms or moods, not interest itself.
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