Part V             Cloze

Directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C), and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

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 schemed 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 Term any just as America does by ___66___ green cards. Officials created something called the 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 fail. 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

62.   A) soar                        C) amplify        B) hover                       D) intensify 63.   A) circuit                      C) trait        B) strategy                    D) route 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) invariably                 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

Card was mismand,I argued,__75__it never,under      75A)because     C)if

any circumtances,translated into German               B)unless       D)while

citizenship.The U.S.green card,by contrast,is an

almost__76__path to becoming American (after        76A)aggressive    C)vulnerable

                                                 B)automatic     D)voluntary

five years and a clean record).The official__77__my     77A)overtook     C)submitted

objection,saying that there was no way Germany           B)fascinated   D)dismissed

was going to offer these peoplecitizenship.”we need

young tach workers,”he said.”that’s what this pro-

gram is all __78__.”so Germany was asking bright       78A)towards     C)about

                                                  B)round       D)over

young__79__to leavetheir country,culture and           79A)dwellers     C)professionals

families,move thousands of miles away,learn a new         B)citizens      D)amateurs

language and work in a strange land—but without

any__80__of ever being part of their new              80A)prospect       C)outcome

home.Germany was senging a  signal, one that           B)suspicion       D)destination

was ___81___ received in India and other countries,      81A)partially       C)brightly

and also by Germany’s own immigrant community.         B)clearly         D)vividly

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