大学英语六级考试完形填空解析9

　　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.

　　62. A) soar B) hover C) amplify D) intensity

　　63. A) circuit B) strategy C) trait D) route

　　64. A) Of B) After C) In D) At

　　65. A) import B) kidnap C) convey D) lure

　　66. A)offering B)installing C)evacuating D)formulating

　　67. A) conferred B) inferred C) announced D) verified

　　68. A) Specially B) Naturally C) Particularly D) Consistently

　　69. A) quotas B) digits C) measures D) scales

　　70. A) invariably B) literally C) barely D) solely

　　71. A)repelled B)deleted C)combated D)abolished

　　72. A) adventure B) response C) initiative D) impulse

　　73. A) and B) but C) so D) or

　　74. A) heritage B) revision C) notion D) version

　　75. A) because B) unless C) if D) while

　　76. A) aggressive B) automatic C) vulnerable D) voluntary

　　77. A) overtook B) fascinated C) submitted D) dismissed

　　78. A) towards B) round C) about D) over

　　79. A) dwellers B) citizens C) professionals D) amateurs

　　80. A) prospect B) suspicion C) outcome D) destination

　　81. A) partially B) clearly C)brightly D)vividly