In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .

Q: Rome (CNN) The world as we know it could come to an end this Sunday. Or it could be just another day. It depends on whom you talk to. This weekend, Italians go to the polls to vote in a referendum on whether or not the country should amend its 1948 constitution. The referendum is the brainchild of Matteo Renzi, Italy's energetic, 41-year-old Prime Minister. His intention is to defang the upper house of the Italian Parliament, the Senato, by cutting its numbers from 315 to 100, thus reducing its powers dramatically, making it more of a consultative assembly. Yes, if you read to the end of the previous paragraph, you'll probably agree it sounds dull as dust. But, in the eyes of some, the consequences of a "No" vote could be catastrophic.Italians prepare to vote in constitutional referendumReforms would reduce number of senators in upper house of parliament, making it easier to pass lawsCritics say changes would get rid of an important check on the lower house's power

A: By allowing the cabinet to push through legislation in a reasonable time frame, _ would become more efficient, productive and prosperous while simultaneously becoming less bureaucratic and bound up in red tape.
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Q: Three men accused of being agents of the Syrian government have been executed in a shocking new video, Islamic State has claimed. The barbaric footage, released earlier today, shows the men kneeling in the middle of a dusty road in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, as a militant brandishing a sharpened sword stands behind them. It comes just one day after the extremist group claim to have shot and beheaded more than 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Each of the men are forced on to their hands and knees in the war-torn street before they are beheaded The harrowing video shows the sword used to kill the men being forged and sharpened for the executionsMen were executed on a dusty road in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, ISIS claimedSick video shows the executioner's sword being sharpened before killingsPrisoners were shackled in chains and dressed in orange jumpsuitsJust one day after 30 Ethiopian Christians were shot and beheaded in Libya

A: They also demanded that _ living under its rule pay a 'special tax' known as jizya.
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Q: Beijing (CNN) China -- North Korea's only global ally and biggest trading partner -- has put on a stoic face since Pyongyang successfully conducted its sixth nuclear test Sunday. President Xi Jinping didn't mention his country's unruly neighbor at all in his closing address at the BRICS summit of emerging economies Tuesday, or in earlier speeches, although a communique issued by the group expressed deep concern and called for the crisis to be settled peacefully. But the test of a hydrogen bomb couldn't have sat well with China's leader. It's the third time in one year that North Korea has overshadowed a major Chinese event -- previous missile tests coincided with the unveiling of Xi's global economic blueprint at his Belt and Road summit in May and the G20, which China hosted last September.Voices in China diverging from official line on North Korea policyNuclear test seen as an embarrassment to Xi JinpingXi makes no reference to North Korea in closing summit speech

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"But if it hopes to see _ resolve the issue, it simply won't work," he added.
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