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: Disgraced former IMF chief and self-confessed 'sex addict' Dominique Strauss-Kahn has emerged as a favorite among voters to become the next president of France. The shamed economist has admitted to taking part in sordid global group sex sessions, and paid four million pounds to a New York hotel maid who accused him of rape. But a new survey has revealed he is still the second most popular left-wing potential president for the 2017 election - far ahead of current leader Francois Hollande. Pollsters Viavoice said 37 percent of those questioned thought Strauss-Kahn would be a good choice for the presidency, beaten only by the current prime minister Manuel Valls on 47 percent.Economist revealed as second most popular left-wing potential presidentShamed Strauss-Kahn is far ahead of current leader, Francoise HollandeAdmitted to having sordid sex sessions, while paid rape accuser £4mMore than one in three of those polled feel her would be a good president 
 Question:Strauss-_ was cleared of all charges after claiming in his defence that he never knew the girls up to 40 years his junior were prostitutes, and that he was just a 'simple swinger' whose only crime was giving in to his 'lustful urges'.

SOLUTION: Kahn

PROBLEM: A British national held hostage in Yemen has been freed in a 'military intelligence' operation, according to Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. The Briton, who has been identified as Robert Douglas Semple, 64, was released by United Arab Emirates forces. The freed hostage had been working as a petroleum engineer in the Yemeni province of Hadramawt when he was kidnapped in February 2014. The UAE forces were based in Yemen's main port city of Aden, according to the state news agency WAM. The Yemeni agency reported that he had been held by al-Qaeda for 18 months. Mr Semple was taken to the Yemeni port city of Aden before being flown to Abu Dhabi by military plane on Saturday night, it added.Hostage identified as petroleum engineer Robert DouglasSemple, 64He was abducted in February 2014 while working in Hadramawt provinceForeign Secretary Philip Hammond made the announcement from TehranAbductions are common in Yemen, plagued by tribesmen and Al-Qaeda militants 
 Question:Abductions are frequent as armed tribesmen and al-_-linked militants take hostages in the hope of swapping them for prisoners or cash.

SOLUTION: Qaeda

PROBLEM: Paris, France (CNN) At this very moment, French transport workers are striking against railroads and airlines. Fuel depots and refineries have been blocked for weeks, garbage workers are refusing to pick up trash, and there has been a surprise blockade of supply trucks at the main food terminal for the Paris region. The country is hardly putting on its best face for the millions of football fans heading here for the European Championship. And many people are asking why the French won't stop whining and get to work. Euro 2016: Who's on your dream team? Well, the explanation at the center of it all is the government's attempt to reform the country's labor laws. The timing of this idea was especially inept given what is at stake this summer for the country's image, already suffering from the effects of last year's terror attacks.CNN's Jim Bitterman: Many people are asking why the French won't stop whining and get to workThere is probably never a good time to attempt reforms here, writes Bitterman 
 Question:Reform, one _ observer wrote recently, is viewed as dining with the devil.

SOLUTION:
French