Planning is a very important activity in our lives. It can give
pleasure, even excitement, and it can cause quite severe headaches. __1__
The most significant the task ahead, the more careful the planning __2__
required. Getting to school or to work on time is a task requiring few __3__
or no planning, it is almost routine. A month’s touring holiday abroad,
or better still, getting married, is a different matter altogether. If the
matter involve a church wedding, a reception, a honeymoon in Venice, __4__
and returning a new home, this requires even more planning to make __5__
sure that it is successful. Planning is our way of trying to ensure success
and of avoiding costly failures we can not suffer. It is equally essential __6__
to individual nations and families; the scale may be vary, but the degree __7__
of importance does not. In the essence, a nation planning its resources __8__
and needs do not differ from the familiar weekly shopping or monthly __9__
household budget. Both are designed to ensure an adequate supply of
essentials, and if improperly carried out, will avoid shortages, wastage __10__
and over-expenditure.

参考答案及解析:
1 将and 改为 or
or表示“或者”，因为前后是两种截然不同的可能性，所以应该用or。

2 将most改为 more

3 将few改为little

4 将involve 改为 involves
因为主语 the matter 为单数，例如：
Although planning involves material investment, even more important is the investment in man.
虽然作机会应该包括物资投资，但最重要的是对人的投资。

5 在returning后加介词to

6 将suffer改为afford

7 去掉be。
vary是动词，可与助动词或者情态动词构成谓语，也可以独立构成谓语，例如：
The weather varies from hour to hour in some mountain districts.

8 去掉the
in essence 是固定习语，意为“本质上，实质的"

9 将do改为 does
主语是动名词复合结构 a nation planning its resources and needs, 应视为单数，例如：
Looking after children requires patience.

10 将improperly改为 properly

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