He claimed that he had a wonderful job and was well paid, but his mother knew that he had made it all up. 【同义替换】

A. invented

B. invested

C. corrected

D. collected

【答案解析】本题目正确选项A。译文：他说他有一份很好的工作，工资很高，但是他妈妈知道这是他编造的。解析：在四个备选项中，A项invent“发明；捏造”；B项invest“投资”；C项correct“纠正”；D项collect“收集”。题中画线词make up“编造”和A项invent意思最接近，因此，依据题意在四个选项中最符合题意的选项是A。