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.
答案：
1 將and 改爲 or。or表示“或者”，因爲前後是兩種截然不同的可能性，所以應該用or。
2 將most改爲 more
3 將few改爲little
4 將involve 改爲 involves。因爲主語 the matter 爲單數，例如：Although planning involves material investment, even more important is the investment in man.雖然作機會應該包括物資投資，但最重要的是對人的`投資。
5 在returning後加介詞to
6 將suffer改爲afford
7 去掉be。vary是動詞，可與助動詞或者情態動詞構成謂語，也可以獨立構成謂語，例如：The weather varies from hour to hour in some mountain districts.
8 去掉the。in essence 是固定習語，意爲“本質上，實質的“
9 將do改爲 does。主語是動名詞複合結構 a nation planning its resources and needs, 應視爲單數，例如：Looking after children requires patience.
10 將improperly改爲 properly
