答案：C

此题考查英语中四个花费的区别。Take常用的句型结构是it takes sb some time to do sth，spend的句型结构为sb spend some time in doing sth；pay的句型结构为sb pay some money for sth或sb pay for sth；cost的句型结构为sth cost some money。根据题干的结构看来，主语是he，故用C。