1. Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects.
    蜘蛛至少有半年在忙于吃昆虫。

2. She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year.
    它停在陆地上，每年接待成千上万的参观者。

3. Some of my acquaintances in the country come up to town once or twice a year to visit the theatre as a special treat.
    我在乡村有一些熟人，他们每年进城来看一回或几回戏，并把此看作一种特殊的享受。

4. Signor Fratelli, the present champion, has won it every year since 1991.
    目前的冠军弗拉特里先生，自1991年以来，年年获胜。

5. Some of them have planets like our earth travelling round them.
    有些恒星带有行星。这些行星像地球一样绕着恒星旋转。

6. Strong hands turned him round and pushed him on to the sidewalk.
    一双有力的手把他身子转过来，一把推到了人行道上。

7. So last Friday evening they came round and offered old Maggie a hundred pounds if she would let the dog off.
    所以上星期五晚上他们来了，向老马吉提出，如果她同意不再追究，就送她100镑。

8. Sam brought the tea round and old Maggie drank it as though she was dying of thirst.
    萨姆把茶端了过来，老马吉像要渴死一样地喝了下去。

9. She fastened it round her neck, and she stood lost in happiness as she looked at herself in the mirror.
    她将项链戴到了脖子上，对着镜子一看，高兴得忘乎所以。

10. She hardly dared greet the neighbours who passed, in case they should wonder why she was hanging about in such an unusual way, with her year-old son in her arms.
    她不敢和来往邻居打招呼，生怕人家问她为什么如此不同寻常地抱着周岁的儿子在楼前徘徊。