练习“花费”感受中考

时间:2022-10-23 09:34:28

take, spend, pay, cost四词均含“花费”之义,如何“花费”得准确,请注意以下四点:

一、搞清主语是“人”还是“物”;

二、明确花费的内容;

三、掌握花费的习惯搭配或固定句型;

四、注意四者之间的转换。

1. take 作花费(时间或金钱)讲,主语也可以是人。take常用于固定句型 It takes somebody some time to do something中,为了使句子匀称,it作形式主语,真正的主语是句末的动词不定式短语(to do something),意为“做某事花费(某人)多长时间”。如:

It takes me half an hour to read English every morning. (=To read English takes me half an hour every morning.)

每天早晨我朗读半个小时的英语。

2.spend的执行者必须是人,“花费”的可以是时间,也可以是金钱、精力等,与之搭配的短语常常是on something/(in)doing something,即:Somebody spends…on something/(in) doing something,意为“某人(做)某事花费多少金钱或时间”。如:

A. I spent three days (in) finishing reading the novel. (=I spent three days on the novel.)

我花了三天读完这本小说。

B. Lin Tao spent 4,000 yuan on the new computer.(= Lin Tao spent 4,000 yuan buying the new computer.) 林涛买这台电脑花了4000元。

3. “花费”的主语是人用pay,与之搭配的介词常常是for,“花费”的只能是金钱,即:Somebody pays money for something,意为“某人支付某物多少钱”。如:

I only paid 30 yuan for the Chinese-English dictionary.

这本汉英词典我只花了30元。

4.cost 的主语必须是物,“花费”的内容一般是金钱,即:sth. costs (sb.) +money,意为“某物花费某人多少钱/某物值多少钱”。如:

The nice watch cost me 500 dollars.

这块好看的手表花了我500美元。

5.在花费时间上take与spend可相互转换。如:

拍这部影片花费了他们近两年的时间。

A. It took them about two years to finish making the movie.

B. They spent about two years (in) finishing making the movie.

在花费金钱上,spend,pay和cost三者间可互换。如:

那件红裙子花了格林夫人500美元。

A.Mrs. Green spent 500 dollars on the red skirt.

B.Mrs. Green paid 500 dollars for the red skirt.

C. The red skirt cost Mrs. Green 500 dollars.

另外值得一提的是:

be worth …意为“值……”,相当于cost。如:

The coat is worth 1,000 dollars. (= The coat costs 1,000 dollars.)

这件外套值1000美元。

练一练,感受中考信息。

①―Your MP3 is so nice. How much is it?

― It ____ me ¥500.(浙江省)

A.boughtB.paidC.spent D.cost

② ―How much is your house______?

― It’s 3000.000 yuan.(黄冈市)

A.cost B.takeC.payD.worth

③ Mr.Green always ___weekends playing with his children.(长沙市)

A.spends B.takes C.costs

④ It _____Yang Liwei about 21 hours ______ the earth 14 times in hisspaceship.(陕西省)

A.spent; circling B.took; circling

C.spent; to travelD.took; to circle

⑤ What a nice bag! But she ____only thirty dollars for it.(辽宁省)

A.cost B.took C.spent D.paid

⑥ Ted _______ ten dollars on the skirt yesterday.(四川省)

A.costB.spent C.paid

Keys: ①―⑥ DDADDB

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