【经典考例】—Smartphones are more and more popular now.
—So they are. But they still ______ too much.
A.pay
B.cost
C.take
D.spend

B
解析：考查动词辨析。pay主语为人；cost主语为物；take主语一般为it，表花费时间；spend主语为人。本句主语they代指smartphones（物），故选B。

Ⅰ. 根据句意或汉语提示完成下列句子。
1. Does he think people would help him if he asks for help ?
2. I have only one . Please take the cat to my bed. I want to stay with it.
3. —We should drive in this .
—I disagree. I think we should turn left.
4. The teacher taught the students to get the answer.
5. —Would you like to come to my home tonight, Mary?
—Just a minute. Let me write down your and telephone number.

1. politely
2. request
3. direction
4. correct
5. address

()1.Speaking ______ is a good way for a person to make new friends.
A.polite
B.politely
C.impolite
D.impolitely

B

()2.The manager of the company requests the workers ______ more attention to their work.
A.pay
B.to pay
C.pays
D.paying

B

()3.The teacher is happy that most of the students would like to spend more time ______, which is a good habit.
A.reading
B.to read
C.read
D.on reading

【解析】：本题考查的是动词的用法和搭配。题目中给出了一个句子，其中有一个空格需要填写。这个空格后面跟着的是“spend more time”，根据英语中“spend time (in) doing sth”的固定搭配，我们知道这里应该填写动词的-ing形式。接下来，我们逐一审视选项：
A. reading - 这是动词的-ing形式，符合“spend time (in) doing sth”的搭配。
B. to read - 这是动词的不定式形式，不符合题目要求。
C. read - 这是动词的原形，也不符合题目要求。
D. on reading - 虽然“on”有时可以与“spend”连用，但正确的搭配应该是“spend...on sth”，而不是“spend...on doing sth”。因此，这个选项也不正确。
综上所述，正确答案是A，即“reading”。
【答案】：A

()4.It ______ the boy about an hour to get to school because of the heavy traffic.
A.cost
B.spent
C.took
D.paid

C

()5.The people present at the meeting wondered ______.
A.when the meeting will be over
B.when the meeting would be over
C.when will the meeting be over
D.when would the meeting be over

B