Question

14. My brother's irresponsible behaviour    my mother many sleepless nights.

A. paid         B. spent

C. cost       D. took

Answer 1

14. C考查动词辨析。句意：我哥哥的不负责任的行为使我妈妈许多夜晚不得安眠。这里cost后面接双宾语，表示使某人丧失了某物；pay后面接sb for sth; spend使用spend sth on; take使用句型"it takes sb sometime to do sth"。所以选C。