TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Terrified: Miriam, 11 (left), and Ayesha, nine (right), are currently living in fear in their basement A terrified British family who are stuck in a basement in war-torn Yemen have launched a desperate appeal to be evacuated to the UK. Louise Henderson Alakil, 49, moved to the Middle Eastern country 27 years ago and worked as a teacher at the International School in the capital Sanaa until recent fighting forced it to close. She is now hiding in a shelter below her family home on the outskirts of the city with her youngest children, Miriam, 11, and Ayesha, nine, amid heavy shelling and while bombs fall all around them.Louise Henderson, 49, moved to Yemen 27 years ago to work as a teacherHer family are now caught up in fighting in the country's capital, SanaaShe is currently hiding below her home with her two young daughtersMiriam, 11, and Ayesha, nine, have pleaded for the bombing to stop and for their family to be evacuated to the UK 
 Question:The family are facing a number of problems in their fight to leave the country, as Louise and her children's passports have expired and the _ authorities are closed.

SOLUTION: British

PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan is calling his bid to oust Nancy Pelosi a "David versus Goliath" type clash -- a back bencher competing against the top House Democrat who made history in 2007 when she was sworn in as the first female speaker of the House. "If you're a quarterback and you keep throwing interceptions, you change quarterbacks," the 43-year-old Ryan, a former high school football player, said in a recent interview criticizing the record of Pelosi, 76, and arguing it's time for a younger generation to take the reins. Ryan's gambit is unusual because most leadership challenges come from members using another party position or a top slot on a key committee as a launching pad.Ryan is in his 7th term, but hasn't been a national leader for DemocratsYounger Democrats are unhappy with the lack of opportunities to advance in party leadershipPelosi is expected to fend off Ryan's challenge 
 Question:Ryan and other _ who pressed for more time before the vote point out that there is basically no bench for House Democrats.

SOLUTION: Democratic

PROBLEM: (CNN) Syria is blaming Israel for alleged missile strikes Thursday near Damascus International Airport. Israel won't confirm nor deny responsibility for the explosion. But an Israeli government minister said "the incident in Syria" fits Israel's policy of trying to stop weapons from being shipped from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Here's what happened, and what the regional implications are: The explosion at dawn Two Damascus residents heard a massive explosion near the airport in the Syrian capital, the pair told CNN. The blast was so severe "a thud could be heard in Damascus city and surrounding areas," said Rami Abdulrahman, founder of the UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.Israel says the incident fits with its "policy" -- but doesn't claim responsibilityOfficial: Israel wants to prevent the smuggling of weapons from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon 
 Question:But this event is completely compatible with our declared policy, a policy which we carry out as the Prime Minister has said, at any moment that we receive intelligence that shows the intent to pass advanced weapons to _."

SOLUTION:
Hezbollah