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完形填空 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 US economy 1 during the ’90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology 2 . But how? In the last ’90s, the answer seemed obvious: Indians. 3 all, Indian entrepreneurs accounted for one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups. So the German government decided that it would 4 Indians to Germany just as America does: by 5 green cards. Officials created something called the German Green Card and 6 that they would issue 20,000 in the first year. 7 , the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come, and perhaps the 8 would have to be increased. But the program was a failure. A year later 9 half of the 20,000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was 10 . I told the German officcial at the time that I was sure the 11 would fail. It’s not that I had any particular expertise in immigration policy, | 
