Question

---Cathy, are you going to buy a flat in Shanghai?
---You must be joking. I can’t __________ one there.

A．spend

B．pay

C．a(chǎn)fford

D．cost

Answer 1

C

spend      花費(fèi)；pay為……付款，跟賓語時(shí)和for連用；afford        買得起；cost
花費(fèi)，主語是物。句意：-Cathy,你想在上海買房嗎？別開玩笑，我在那買不起房子。所以選C。