Question

Joan spent as much time as she ________ me with my English when I was studying in London．

1. A.
   could help
2. B.
   to help
3. C.
   could helping
4. D.
   helped

Answer 1

C
as…as sb can/could“就某人所能”，這里could后面承前省略了spend，因此考查spend time(in)doing sth“花時間做某事”，而不是不定式作目的狀語。