[单项选择]Before the tourists set off, they spent much time setting a limit ______ the expenses of the trip.
A. for
B. in
C. to
D. about

[单项选择]Before the students set off, they spent much time setting a limit ______the expenses of the trip.
A. to
B. about
C. in
D. for

[单项选择]

M: I spent so much time polishing my letter of application.
W: It’s worthwhile to make the effort. You know just how important it is to give impression.

What do we know about the man（　）.
A. He wants to get a new position.
B. He is asking the woman for help.
C. He has left the woman a good impression.
D. He enjoys letter writing.

[单项选择]The boy spent as much time watching TV as he______ studying.
A. does
B. had
C. was
D. did

[单项选择]Much time was spent in these groups, adopting problem-solving （　） to specific cases from the participants.
A. means
B. approaches
C. methods
D. ways

[填空题]Emma’s father spent much of the night with a strange woman secretly.

[填空题]When Laura was visiting MIT she spent some time with two ______.

[填空题]Would you be happier if you spent more time discussing the state of the world and the meaning of life--and less time talking about the weather
It may sound counterintuitive(违反直觉的), but people who spend more of their day having deep discussions and less time engaging in small talk seem to be happier, said Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona who published a study on the (47) .
"We found this so interesting, because it could have gone the other way--it could have been, ’Don’t worry, be happy’--as long as you surf on the (48) level of life you’re happy, and if you go into the essential depths you’ll be unhappy," Dr.Mehl said.
But, he (49) , deep conversation seemed to hold the (50) to happiness for two main reasons: both because human beings are driven to find and create (51) in their lives, and because we are social animals who want and need to (52) with other people. <