单选题
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【C1】______during the '90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology【C2】______. But how? In the late '90s, the answer seemed obvious: Indians. After all, Indian entrepreneurs【C3】______one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups. So the German government decided that it would【C4】______Indians to Germany just as America does: by【C5】______green cards. Officials created something called the German Green Card and【C6】______that they would issue 20,000 in the first year.【C7】______, the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come, and perhaps the【C8】______would have to be increased. But the program was a failure. A year later【C9】______half of the 20,000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was【C10】______. I told the German official at the time that I was sure the【C11】______would fail. It's not that I had any particular expertise in immigration policy,【C12】______I understood something about green cards, because I had one (the American【C13】______). The German Green Card was misnamed, I argued,【C14】______it never, under any circumstances, translated into German citizenship. The U.S. green card, by contrast, is an almost【C15】______path to becoming American (after five years and a clean record). The official【C16】______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【C17】______." So Germany was asking bright young【C18】______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【C19】______of ever being part of their new home. Germany was sending a signal, one that was【C20】______received in India and other countries, and also by Germany's own immigrant community.
【答案解析】解析：名词辨析题。空格处填入的名词被high-technology“高科技”修饰，作go的宾语。句中的关键词Watching the U．S．economy．．．和they，too，needed to…表明德国人也要效仿美国的高科技发展模式，D项route“路线”与go搭配，表示“走高科技道路”，符合语义。
单选题
【C3】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：动词词组辨析题。空格处应填入谓语动词，其宾语one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups“硅谷创业的企业家中的三分之一”体现的是一种比例，由此可推断该句表明的是印度人在硅谷创业的企业家中所占的比例。B项accounted for可表示“(数量)占”，代入句中符合句意。
【答案解析】解析：名词辨析题。该句谈论的是德国预料的情况。上一句提到德国在第一年将签发2万张绿卡，此句则谈到德国人预料有成千上万的印度人请求得到绿卡去德国。根据空格后的would have to be increased“还得再增加”，可推断这里增加的对象应该是绿卡的数量或份额。A项quotas“配额”填入句中，指德国绿卡的签发数量增加，符合语境。
【答案解析】解析：名词辨析题。空格所在句句首的“当时我就告诉这位德国官员……”表明作者在这里是就第一段首句德国官员提及的the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems“德国有了解决经济发展问题的完美方案”发表自己的看法，该方案就是第一段后半部分提到的the program。因此，填入空格的名词应该用来指代the program。C项initiative可指“为解决困难或达到某目的而采取的新计划”，与上文的“德国绿卡计划”完全相符，故为答案。
【答案解析】解析：上下文语义兼搭配题。此句子中，句首的that指代的就是上一句的“我们需要年轻的技术工人”，that’s后跟一个what引导的表语从句，该从句可还原为“this program is all______what”。可见，空格处应填入一个能表示“关于”的词。“That’s what…is all about．”是口语常用语，表示“……就是这样”，故选C项about。
【答案解析】解析：名词辨析题。前文提到德国绿卡不能让印度人转为德国公民，而这些年轻的技术工人千里迢迢来到德国工作生活，将来也不能成为德国的居民，这会令人感到没有前景和期望。由空格前的转折连词but可推知这里要表达的就是与“没有盼头”相近的意思。without any prospect的意思是“毫无期望／前景”，符合句意，故选A项prosect“期望；前景”。