Question

---Cathy, are you going to buy a flat in Shanghai?
---You must be joking. I can’t __________ one there.

A．spend

B．pay

C．afford

D．cost

Answer 1

C

spend      花费；pay为……付款，跟宾语时和for连用；afford        买得起；cost
花费，主语是物。句意：-Cathy,你想在上海买房吗？别开玩笑，我在那买不起房子。所以选C。