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Passage 5
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 _1_ during the’90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology route. But how? The answer seemed obvious: Indians. The German government decided that it would _2_ Indians to Germany just as America does: by offering green cards. Officials created something called the German Green Card and announced that they would issue 20,000 in the first year. Naturally, the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come, and perhaps the _3_ would have to be increased. But the program was a failure. A year later barely half of the 20,000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was _4_.
I told the German official at the time that I was sure the _5_ would fail. Because the German Green Card never, under any circumstances, translated into German citizenship. The U.S. green card, by contrast, is an almost _6_ path to becoming American (after five years and a clean record). The official _7_ my objection, saying that there was no way Germany was going to offer these people citizenship. “All we need are young tech workers，”he said. So Germany was asking bright young _8_ to leave their country, culture and families, move thousands of miles away, learn a new language and work in a strange land一but without any _9_ of ever being part of their new home. Germany was sending a signal, one that was _10_ received in India and other countries, and also by Germany’s own immigrant community.
A) repelled B) professionals C) clearly D)vulnerable
E) lure F) initiative G) soar H)suspicion
I) abolished J) dismissed K) dwellers L) quotas
M) vividly N) automatic O) prospect

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Passage 5
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1.[G] watch之后可接动词原形或分词。此处表示德国看到美国经济在90年代……，决心也要走高科技之路。根据后文提到的德国要效仿美国，可推断美国经济发展势头好。soar常用于经济领域，表示“快速增长”，符合此处语境。
2.[E]空格前的would表明此处需填入动词原形，作谓语。根据后文提到的tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come(成千上万印度人渴求来德国)，可推知德国人发绿卡的目的是“吸引”印度人来德国，lure“吸引”符合语义。
3.[LJ此处需填入名词，作句子主语。上文提到德国宣布在第一年要发2万张绿卡，期望有成千上万的印度人会渴求来德国，故此处应表示德国官员认为这个数量有可能还需增加，quotas表示“配额”，符合语境。
4.[I]上文说这个项目失败了(a failure),2万张绿卡仅签发出了一半，据此推断此处应表示该项目被中止或取
消，abolished “废止，废除”符合上下文语义。
5.[F]此处需填入名词，为从句的主语。谓语would fail(会失败)表明该名词应指前一段所提到的the program。词库中的initiative有“计划，措施”之意，可指代“德国绿卡计划”,故正确。
6.[N]此处需填入修饰Path的词，由副词almost可知是形容词或分词。上^说到德国绿卡在任何情况下都不能转化为公民身份，此处对比说明美国绿卡的不同。automatic“自动的”与never相对应，说明美国绿卡可以在五年后让没有不良纪录的人“自动”转为美国公民。
7.[J]此处需填入谓语动词，宾语是objection(反对意见）。下文的there was no way表明该官员根本就没理会“我”的反对,dismissed有“不理会，不考虑”之意，符合语境。
8.[B]空格后的their提示此处应填人名词复数形式。上文提到德国需要tech workers(技术工人），根据空格后的内容可推断空格所填入的词就是指代tech workers，professionals“专业人员”符合句意。德国绿卡无法 让人成为公民，故排除dwellers“居民”。
9.[0]此处需填入名词，作without的宾语。年轻人千里迢迢来德国工作，转折词but表明他们却没可能成为德国的居民，故prospect“前景，可能性”符合语境。
10.[C]空格需填入副词，修饰谓语动词was received。上文提到德国的绿卡项目不成功，可见印度和其他国家的人对德国发出的信号很清楚，clearly符合上下文语境。