Seven years ago, when I was visiting Germany, I met with an official who explained to me that the country 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 answer 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 American does: by __66__ green cards. Officials created something called German Green Card and __67__ that they would issue 20,000 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 20,000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was __71__.
I told the German official at the time that I was sure the __72__ would fall. It’s not that I had any particular expertise in immigration policy, __73__ I understood something about green cards, because I had one (the American __74__ ). The German Green Card was misnamed, I argued, __75__ it never, under any circumstances, translated into German citizenship. The U.S. green card, by contrast, is an almost __76__ path to becoming American (after five years and a clean record). The official __77__ my objection, saying that there was no way Germany was going to offer these people citizenship. “We need young tech workers,” he said. “That’s what this program is all __78__.”So Germany was asking bright young __79__ to leave their country, culture and families, move thousands of miles away, learn a new language and work in a strange land-but without any __80__ of ever being part of their new home. Germany was sending a signal, one that was __81__ received in India and other countries, and also by Germany’s own immigrant community.
69. A quota“额配，限额”。德国人发布绿卡时，期待着大量印度人会前往德国，他们还预测首批签发的两万张绿卡的限额可能不够。由此可见quota符合题意。digit意为“数字，数码”;measure意为“尺寸，测量，措施”;scale意为“刻度，衡量，比例”。
70. C barely“仅仅，刚刚，几乎不能”。根据文章，一年以后，两万张绿卡签发了一半，与当初的预计相差甚远，所以使用程度副词barely来加强语气，符合题意。invariably意为“不变的，总是”;literally意为“照字面地，逐字地”;solely意为“独自地，单独地”。
71. D abolish意为“废除，废止”。德国政府制造的绿卡签发状况不佳，几经延期，最后只得废止，所以用abolish符合题意。repel意为“击退，抵制”;delete意为“删除”;combat意为“战斗，搏击，抗击”。
72. C initiative意为“率先，首创”，这里特指“提案，提议”。前文提到，德国通过签发绿卡吸引人才的做法不是很成功，作者评价说，这一提案注定失败。因此使用initiative符合句意。adventure意为“冒险，冒险活动，冒险经历”;response意为“回答，响应，反应”;impulse意为“推动，刺激，冲动”。
73. B 此句是一个not that…but that… 固定结构，其后接从句，意思为“不是……而是”，作者此处解释自己得出前面结论的根据。and，but，和or都不能与前面的not构成表示选择关系的搭配，故均可排除。
74. D version意为“版本”，句中是指美国版本的绿卡，与德国版本的绿卡不完全一样。heritage意为“遗产，继承权，传统”;revision意为“修订，修改”;notion意为“概念，观念，想法”。
75. A 根据句意，前半句的意思是“德国绿卡有点欺世盗名之嫌”，后半句为自己持有的观点的原因—“它在任何情况下也不会转变成德国的公民权”，所以中间需要使用表示因果关系的because。unless意为“除非，如果不”，引导条件从句;if意为“如果”，引导条件从句;while的意思很多，可以引导时间状语从句、让步状语从句等，但是不能引导原因状语从句，应该排除。
76. B automatic意为“自动的”。这一句通过短语by contrast与前一句形成对比关系。前一句论述德国绿卡在任何情况下也不会转变成德国的公民权，而与之形成对比的美国绿卡则可以帮助移民自动成为美国公民，括号中的内容为实现这一自动转变的前提条件。所以本题使用automatic符合题意。aggressive意为“好斗的，有闯劲的，侵略性的”;vulnerable意为“易受攻击的”;voluntary意为“自愿的，主动的，故意的”。
77. D 根据句意，我的观点与那位德国官员的观点相对立，所以他不可能接受我的观点。所以使用dismiss“拒绝接受，不承认，驳回”符合句意。overtake意为“赶上，追上”;fascinate意为“使着迷。使神魂颠倒”;submit意为“服从，顺从，提交”。
78. C 根据句意，德国官员说，“我们需要的是年轻的技术工人，这就是这一项目的内容之所在”，所以空格处填入about，符合题意。意为“在……之上，越过”。
79. C 前一句提到，德国需要的是young tech workers，所以本句的意思应该为：德国要求这些young tech workers离开故土，来到德国，与young tech workers意思相同的词为professional“专业人员，行家”。dweller意为“居住者，居民”;citizen意为“市民，公民”;amateur意为“业余爱好者，业余艺术家”。
80. A 结合前文，此处继续补充说明前文提到的“德国绿卡有点欺世盗名之嫌”，原因就在于国外移民者不可能获得德国的公民权。prospect意为“前景，前途，期望”，符合题意。suspicion意为“猜疑，怀疑”;outcome意为“结果，成果”;destination意为“目的地”。
81. B 德国官员的态度代表着德国的态度，这名德国官员的态度很明显，是一个非常清楚的信号，所以印度人和其他的外国人能够清晰地接收到。clearly意为“明朗地，明显地”，符合句意。partially意为“部分地”;brightly意为“明亮地”;vividly意为“生动地，鲜明地”。
