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    增加在缺词处加一个漏字符号（√），并在其下面写出该加的词．
    删除把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉．
    修改在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
    注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
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In early January this year，the rate of UFO reports were steady，around three per
weeks．When，however，on Monday，January 16，a science fiction film about visitors to outer space was shown on television，there was the immediate increase in reports of sightings from all parts of the States．The commanding officer，Wayne Tyler，who （is） directly responsible for the study all such repsorts，decided to making his findings known．They wrote an article，which said that all UFO reports could be explained for quite naturally by aircraft movements．Follow this explanation，there was a rapid drop in the number of reported sightings，because the rate remained above the previous level．

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分析 文章大意：本文主要是关于UFO的报道的频率．今年一月份初期，关于UFO的报道频率是稳定的，大概每周三次，但是，在一月份十六日，随着一部科幻小说在电视上播出，相关报道立即增加．在专家的解释下，相关报道又迅速下降，但仍然比开始的时候多．

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1．were-was  考查 主谓一致，第一句的主语the rate of UFO reports（UFO报道的频率）为单数概念，故谓语动词应用单数was． 
2．weeks--week  考查 名词单复数，介词per意为"每，每一"，后接单数名词．
3．to-from  考查 介词，短文围绕发现UFO的报道展开，主题是来自外太空而非去外太空，所以介词to应改为from．
4．the--a 考查冠词  句意为：当这部科幻电影播放出来的时候，来自美国各地的发UFO的报道迅速增长．这里泛指量的增长，需使用不定冠词．注意形容词immediate读音为元音音素开头，应使用不定冠词an．
5．在responsible前加is/was，考查非限制性定语从句，非限制性定语从句中缺少谓语动词，be responsible for表示"对…负责"． 
6．making-make，考查非谓语 动词，decide需接不定式作宾语，此处making改为make，decide to do sth．
7．They-He，考查代词，前文只提到Wayne Tyler想将自己的发现公之于众，故此处指"他"写了一篇文章而非"他们"． 
8．Follow-Following，考查非谓语做状语用following．
9．去掉for，考查动词，explain是及物动词，不需要介词．去掉for．
10．because改为although或though或but或yet，考查连词，主句中"a rapid drop"与从句"the rate remained above the previous level"构成转折关系，故应将because引导的原因状语从句改为although/though引导的让步状语从句或者but/yet连接的表转折的并列句．

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