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

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