问题补充:
That computer me quite a lot of money.
A. spent
B. cost
C. took
D. paid
答案:
A. spent
(答案→)B. cost
C. took
D. paid
解析:take 用于 it takes sb ... to do sth句型,仅指花费时间(three hours等),必须用it作形式主语;spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth(in可以省略),spend的主语必须是人,可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱;cost用于 sth costs sb sth,主语必须是物,多指花费金钱,少数情况可指花费时间、气力,有时表示成本的消耗;pay的基本用法是:(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。(4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。
句意:那台电脑花了我相当多的钱。结合语境可知主语是物,故选B。