Question

【题目】His careless driving ________ him his life last year.

A. cost B. spent

C. paid D. took

Answer 1

【答案】A

【解析】考查动词辨析。句意：在去年，他的粗心驾驶夺去了他的生命。A. cost 花费、夺去； B. spent 人花费时间或金钱；C. paid 人支付；D. took It takes sb．money to do sth。cost还有“使……失去”之意,其他选项无此意义。sth. cost one’s life意为：某事使某人丧生。故选B。

花费的用法繁多，也是考察的重点，因此区分几种“花费”的用法很重要。1.sb spend time/money in doing sth

如：I spent 100 dollars buying that dress yesterday
sb spend time/money on sth某人花费时间/ 金钱做某事。

Ispent twentydollarsonthecoat.
2.it take sb time to do sth ……花费某人时间做某事。

It took us an hour to find out who saved the child.
3.sb pay money for sth 某人在某物上花费金钱。He paid 20 yuan for this pen.
4.sth cost sb money某物花费某人金钱.This house cost her 100,000 dollars.