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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：本文主要是關于UFO的報道的頻率．今年一月份初期，關于UFO的報道頻率是穩(wěn)定的，大概每周三次，但是，在一月份十六日，隨著一部科幻小說在電視上播出，相關報道立即增加．在專家的解釋下，相關報道又迅速下降，但仍然比開始的時候多．

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1．were-was  考查 主謂一致，第一句的主語the rate of UFO reports（UFO報道的頻率）為單數(shù)概念，故謂語動詞應用單數(shù)was． 
2．weeks--week  考查 名詞單復數(shù)，介詞per意為"每，每一"，后接單數(shù)名詞．
3．to-from  考查 介詞，短文圍繞發(fā)現(xiàn)UFO的報道展開，主題是來自外太空而非去外太空，所以介詞to應改為from．
4．the--a 考查冠詞  句意為：當這部科幻電影播放出來的時候，來自美國各地的發(fā)UFO的報道迅速增長．這里泛指量的增長，需使用不定冠詞．注意形容詞immediate讀音為元音音素開頭，應使用不定冠詞an．
5．在responsible前加is/was，考查非限制性定語從句，非限制性定語從句中缺少謂語動詞，be responsible for表示"對…負責"． 
6．making-make，考查非謂語 動詞，decide需接不定式作賓語，此處making改為make，decide to do sth．
7．They-He，考查代詞，前文只提到Wayne Tyler想將自己的發(fā)現(xiàn)公之于眾，故此處指"他"寫了一篇文章而非"他們"． 
8．Follow-Following，考查非謂語做狀語用following．
9．去掉for，考查動詞，explain是及物動詞，不需要介詞．去掉for．
10．because改為although或though或but或yet，考查連詞，主句中"a rapid drop"與從句"the rate remained above the previous level"構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關系，故應將because引導的原因狀語從句改為although/though引導的讓步狀語從句或者but/yet連接的表轉(zhuǎn)折的并列句．

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