Paul’s parents were worried that he ____ too much time chatting on line.


  1. A.
    spent
  2. B.
    cost
  3. C.
    paid
  4. D.
    took
A
試題分析：take 用于 it takes sb ... to do sth句型，僅指花費(fèi)時(shí)間（three hours等），必須用it作形式主語，指代下文不定式內(nèi)容；spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主語必須是人，可以指花費(fèi)時(shí)間、也可以指花費(fèi)金錢；cost用于 sth costs sb sth，主語必須是物，多指花費(fèi)金錢，少數(shù)情況可指花費(fèi)時(shí)間、氣力，有時(shí)表示成本的消耗；pay的基本用法是：(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付錢（給某人）買……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的錢。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付錢。(4)pay sb. 付錢給某人。句意：保羅的父母擔(dān)心他花費(fèi)太多時(shí)間在網(wǎng)上聊天。結(jié)合語境可知選A。
考點(diǎn)：詞義辨析
點(diǎn)評：該題型是屬于基礎(chǔ)題型，是必考內(nèi)容。首先要理解每個(gè)選項(xiàng)的基本含義，并注意交叉含義間的區(qū)別，然后結(jié)合語境選擇正確答案。
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