Question

The teacher asked us not   too much time playing computer games.

A. spend    B. to spend

C. take    D. to take

Answer

B

【解析】句意：老师要求我们不要花太多时间玩电脑游戏。短语ask sb. to do sth.：让某人做某事；spend st. doing sth.：花费某人的时间去做某事；结合句意和语境可知选B。

点睛：spend，cost，pay和take都有“花费”意思，但用法有区别。1. spend（花费，度过）和pay主语一定是人，sb. spends st./sm. on sth.或sb. spends st./sm. doing sth.：某人花费时间或金钱做某事，它的过去式和过去分词都是spent；例如，I spent two dollars buying the book；pay（付款），它的过去式和过去分词是paid，只能花费钱，pay （st.）for sth.：买某物付了多少钱；例如，I paid two dollars for the book.； 2.cost值，花费，主语一定是物，只能花费钱，它的过去式和过去分词是cost，sth. costs sm.：某物多少钱，例如，The book costs two dollars.；sth. costs sb. sm.：某物花费某人多少钱，例如，The book cost me two dollars.；3.take它的过去式是took，过去分词是taken，作“花费”讲，一般使用句型It takes sb. st./sm. to do sth.：花费某人的时间或金钱做某事；例如，It takes me ten minutes to walk to school every day.