Seven years ago, when I was visiting Germany, I met with an official who explained to me had a perfect solution to its economic problems. Watching the U.S economy -62- during the '90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology -63- . But how? In the late '90s, the anser seemed obvious: Indians. -64- all, Indian entrepreneurs accounted for one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups. So the German government decided that it would -65- Indians to Germany just as America does: by -66- green cards. Officials created something called the German Green Card and -67- that they would issue 20000 in the first year. -68-, the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come, and perhaps the -69- would have to be increased. But the program was a failure. A year later -70- half of the 20000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was -71-.
62.A) soar C) amplify B) hover D) intensify
63.A) circuit C) trait B) strategy D) trait
64.A) of C) in B) after D) at
65.A) import C) convey B) kidnap D) lure
66.A) offering C) evacuating B) installing D) formulating
67.A) conferred C) announced B) inferred D) verified
68.A) specially C) particularly B) naturally D) consistently
69.A) quotas C) measures B) digits D) scales
70.A) invariable C) barely B) literally D) solely
71.A) repelled C) combated B) deleted D) abolished
72.A) adventure C) initiative B) response D) impulse
73.A) and C) so B) but D) or
74.A) heritage C) notion B) revision D) version
75.A) because C) if B) unless D) while
76.A) aggressive C) vulnerable B) automatic D) voluntary
77.A) overtook C) submitted B) fascinated D) dismissed
78.A) towards C) about B) round D) over
79.A) dwellers C) professionals B) citizens D) amateurs
8.A) prospect C) outcome B) suspicion D) destination
had a perfect solution to its economic problems. Watching the U.S economy -62- during the '90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology -63- . But how? In the late '90s, the anser seemed obvious: Indians. -64- all, Indian entrepreneurs accounted for one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups. So the German government decided that it would -65- Indians to Germany just as America does: by -66- green cards. Officials created something called the German Green Card and -67- that they would issue 20000 in the first year. -68-, the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come, and perhaps the -69- would have to be increased. But the program was a failure. A year later -70- half of the 20000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was -71-.
