It ________ the boy twenty minutes to listen to the English tape every day.

It ________ the boy twenty minutes to listen to the English tape every day.
It ________ the boy twenty minutes to listen to the English tape every day.

It ________ the boy twenty minutes to listen to the English tape every day.
takes

takes ...花费的意思

takes, 表示这个男孩每天花20分钟的时间听英语磁带。
it takes sb time to do 表示花费时间做某事。

spends

It _wastes_ the boy twenty minutes to listen to the English tape every day.

takes 花费 某人多少时间做某事 句型是It takes sb some time to do sth.
译文是 这个小男孩每天花20分钟听英语磁带。

takes 花费
句型：It takes sb some time to do sth(一定要当主语是it的时候才用这个句型）
当主语是人的时候用句型：sb spends some time (in)doing sth或 sb spends some time on sth
这个题目用第一个句型~~