Four months before election day, five men gathered in a small conference room at the Reagan-Bush headquarters and reviewed an oversize calendar that marked the remaining days of the 1984 presidential campaign. It was the last Saturday in June and at ten o’clock in the morning. The rest of the office was practically deserted. Even so, the men kept the door shut and the drapes carefully drawn. The three principals and their two deputies had come from around the country for a critical meeting. Their aim was to devise a strategy that would guarantee Ronald Reagan’s resounding reelection to a second term in the White House. It should have been easy. These were battle-tested veterans with long ties to Reagan and even longer ones to the Republican party, men who understood presidential politics as well as any in the country. The backdrop of the campaign was hospitable, with lots of good news to work with: American was at peace, and the nation’s economy, a key factor in any election, was rebounding vigorously after recession. Furthermore, the campaign itself was lavishly financed, with plenty of money for a top-flight staff, travel, and television commercials. And, most important, their candidate was Ronald Reagan, a president of tremendous personal popularity and dazzling communication skills. Reagan has succeeded more than any president since John F Kennedy in projecting a broad vision of America a nation of renewed military strength, individual initiative, and smaller federal government. 点击查看答案&解析

毕竟是中秋了，夜凉如水，不一会儿就觉得衣服有点儿潮湿，不知道是露水，是潮水的水汽，还是神话中的仙水。不知不觉已到了半夜一点钟，慢慢地听到远处有细细的声音，人们一个个从地上爬起来。大家都屏住气．用眼睛向钱塘江的水天分界处瞧去。 这时，潮水越来越大了，天边一根银色的线条，一会儿变成黑色，一会儿又变成白色，渐渐地排山倒海般由远向近而来。由于夜静，这潮水确实是比白天的大，真如千军万马，两个人面对面讲话都听不到。不知道由于心理作用还是事实如此：夜潮的潮头也高，排列也整齐；潮水到镇海宝塔下，竟成了一根笔直的线，像受检阅的部队，整齐极了，人们还舍不得离开，一直看它急流直下。这时钱塘江对岸的一排信号灯全亮了，真是夜潮更比日潮奇。 (只译黑体部分) 点击查看答案&解析