Question

---A: How much time did you _____working out the plan?   ---B: Two weeks.

A. spend    B. cost    C. pay    D. take

Answer

A

【解析】句意：—你花了多少时间制定计划？ —两个星期。A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take

这四个词都有“花费”的意思，但用法不同。spend sometime/some money (in) doing sth.

“花费多少时间或金钱做某事”，故选A。

【点睛】spend cost pay take的区别

1.spend的主语必须是人，常用于以下结构：spend time／money (in) doing sth. 花费时间(金钱)做某事。例：They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。本题就是这种用法。

2. cost的主语是物或某种活动，常见用法如下：(doing) sth. costs (sb.) ＋时间,某物(做某事)花了(某人)多少时间。例：Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。注意：cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且不能用于被动句。

3. take后面常跟双宾语，常见用法有以下几种：It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。例：It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。

4. pay的基本用法是：(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买……。例：I have to pay them 20 dollars for this room each month. 我每个月要付20美元的房租。

(2) pay for sth. 付……的钱。例：I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔丢失的书款。