人教版丨八年级英语下册unit 07 What’s the highest mountain in the world 考点（一）词语辨析！🎄🎄🎄
Ⅳ. a lot /a lot of辨析
a lot … ……得多；很多；非常
(1) a lot 很多，做副词短语，修饰动词，放在动词之后。相当于very much.
It usually rains a lot at this time of year.
(2) a lot of =lots of + 复数名词 =many +复数名词=much+ 不可数名词
【典型例题】
1. He knows ____ about this event.
A. a lot of
B.lots of
C. many
D. a lot
【答案】D
【解析】
试题分析：句意：----对于这次事件他了解很多。a lot 很多，做副词短语，修饰动词，放在动词之后。相当于very much.结合句意，故选D。
考点：考查副词的用法。
2. He drinks _____. He’s got ___ money but not ____ friends.
A. a lot; plenty of ;much
B. much; a lot of ; many
C. a lot; a lot of; many
D. a lot of ; a lot; a lot of
【答案】C
考点：考查副词的用法。
Ⅴ. spend/pay/cost/take辨析
spend … (in) doing 花时间做某事
spend/pay/cost/take 花费
(1) spend→spent→spent v 花费,主语是人
sb.+ spend +时间/钱+onsth
sb. +spend +时间/钱+（in）doing sth
spend on= pay for 支付
He spends too much time on the computer games.
(2) pay →paid →paid v 支付，主语是人
sb.+ pay + 钱+for sth I pay 10 yuan for the book.
(3) cost→ cost→ cost v 花费，主语是某物或某事
sth cost sb. +钱 某物花费某人多少钱
A new computer costs me a lot of money.
(4)take→took → taken v 花费
It takes /took sb. some time to do sth.
做某事花费某人多长时间
It takes him 3 hours to do his homework.
【典型例题】
1. I _______ two hours _______ the book last night. It’s very interesting.
A. spend reading
B.spent reading
C. took reading
【答案】A
【考点】考查动词短语的用法。
2.What a nice coat! How much did you_____ for it? It_____ me twenty yuan.
A. pay, cost
B. pay, paid
C. cost, pay
D. cost, cost
【答案】A

【解析】
试题分析：句意：多么漂亮的一件外套呀！你多少钱买的？花了我20元钱。pay for意为“支付，为某物付钱”；sth cost sb money则意为“某物花了某人多少钱”；故选A。
考点：考查动词的用法辨析。