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  3. Seven years ago，when I was visiting Germany，I met with an official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution t

Seven years ago，when I was visiting Germany，I met with an official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution t

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问题 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【B1】_____during the 1990s，the Germans had decided that they，too，needed to go the high-technology 【B2】_____．But how? In the late 1990s，the answer schemed obvious：Indians．【B3】_____all，Indian entrepreneurs accounted for one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups．So the German government decided that it would 【B4】_____ Indians to Germany just as America does：by 【B6】_____green cards．Officials created something called the German Green Card and 6 that they would issue 20000 in the first year．【B7】_____，the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come，and perhaps the【B8】_____ would have to be increased．But the program was a failure．A year later【B9】_____half of the 20000 cards had been issued．After a few extensions，the program was【B10】_____．
    I told the German official at the time that 1 was sure the【B11】_____would fail．It’s not that I had any particular expertise in immigration policy，【B12】_____I understood something about green cards，because I had one(the American 【B13】_____)．The German Green Card was misnamed，I argued，【B14】_____it never，under any circumstances，translated into German citizenship．The U．S．green card，by contrast，is an almost【B15】_____ Path to becoming American(after five years and a clean record)．The official【B16】_____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【B17】_____．”So Germany was asking bright young【B18】_____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【B19】_____of ever being part of their new home．Germany was sending a signal，one that was【B20】_____received in India and other countries，and also by Germany’s own immigrant community．
【B11】
选项 A、adventure  
B、response  
C、initiative
D、impulse
答案C
解析 initiative意为“率先、首创”，这里特指“提案、提议”。
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