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: The New Horizons spacecraft is preparing to send back the first close up images of Pluto following its historic flyby of the dwarf planet, but already there is a growing, and rather dark, list of names for the features scientists expect to see in them. Named after the Roman god of the underworld itself, the mysterious reddish coloured planet could have a series of craters, canyons, plains and chasms named after dark gods and demons from different cultures. Among those proposed are Ammit, the Eyptian goddess who devoured the souls of the sinful; Supay, the Inca's ruler of the underworld and Erlik, the underworld god in Mongolian mythology.New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto after 3 billion-mile journey that took nine and a half yearsTo celebrate, it released a new image showing Pluto's craters, icy plains and a stunning heart-shaped patchProposed names for features on the planet's surface pay tribute to gods of the underworld from ancient culturesA 'waterfall of data' was obtained in the flyby and the first close up images are expected at 3pm EDT today 
 Question:We know _ is in good shape, and has reported a successful run of observations, so we're hoping to see Pluto’s papaya whip coloured surface of mixed ices in superb resolution.'

SOLUTION: New Horizons

PROBLEM: A Japanese newspaper has unearthed previously secret audio suggesting that government armed forces in Algeria attacked al-Qaeda hostage-takers with abandon in January 2013, killing dozens of captives despite an apparent promise not to interfere with the terrorists and pleas from foreign governments to safeguard the innocents. The news outlet Nikkan-Gendai published the shocking revelation on December 5, contradicting one line of thought that suggested the terrorists killed their own hostages as they came under fire from the Algerian army. A Japanese government-certified translator has provided DailyMail.com with an exclusive copy of the news report in English, headlined: 'The truth regarding the Algeria Hostage crisis has been verified by audio information.'Al-Qaeda offshoot group took hundreds of hostages during a 2013 attack on an Algerian natural gas facilityFour-day standoff ended when Algeria's army attacked the militants, killing dozens of innocentsAudio recordings obtained by a Japanese newspaper indicate the Algerian special forces were aware they were targeting cars carrying hostagesIn one audio intercept, a terrorist complains that 'the army has violated the pledge ... [and] struck the vehicles carrying the hostages and our friends'Initial reports had suggested that the terrorists may have killed their hostages as their master plan fell apart in a hail of gunfire 
 Question:Overall, 685 _ workers and 107 foreigners were set free.

SOLUTION: Algeria

PROBLEM: (CNN) Sometimes it's hard to be what you want to be when people only know you for what you used to be. This is the challenge facing Marcelas Owens, who just turned 17. For much of life, people have only known Marcelas as the "Obamacare kid." He was the chubby 11-year-old African-American boy who stood next to President Barack Obama as he signed Obamacare into law at a White House ceremony on March 23, 2010. He was the miniature health care activist in the black vest dwarfed by powerful lawmakers in a famous photo of that moment. He was a modern-day Peter Pan, perpetually frozen in childhood even as the news cycle moved on.Six years ago, 11-year-old Marcelas Owens was photographed standing next to the president as he signed Obamacare into lawNow Marcelas is 17 and marking another rite of passage -- as a transgender teen 
 Question:She told _ that if she wanted her honest opinion, she preferred that she would stay a boy.

SOLUTION:
Marcelas Owens