专业八级改错练习第24期

【练习】

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.