TASK DEFINITION: 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 _ .
PROBLEM: 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

SOLUTION: 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.

PROBLEM: A couple who played Mary and Joseph in their school nativity are to tie the knot 30 years later. Lindsay Taylor donned an old frock and Paul McGann wrapped one of his mother's tea-towels around his head when they took to the stage as five-year-olds, playing the lead roles in the festive re-enactment of the birth of Christ. Now the old school friends will be centre stage once more - but this time to get married, three decades on from when they were first introduced to one another...as the Holy couple. The pair met in class but only properly became friends following their starring roles in the Christmas play.Lindsay Taylor and Paul McGann played the lead roles in Christmas playPair were friends thereafter but drifted apart and lost contact completelyBumped into each other on Liverpool night out last year and started datingNow they're set to marry - more than three decades after first being paired

SOLUTION: '_ was chosen to be Joseph because of his good behaviour and I was picked as Mary, for some reason, because I was blonde with big blue eyes.

PROBLEM: The maid who survived the D.C. mansion murders because she was told not to come to work that day has revealed the voicemail her boss sent her the day before he died. Nelitza Gutierrez, who worked for the Savopolous family, received the message from CEO Savvas Savopoulos on May 13, the day before he, his wife, his son and another housekeeper were killed in their lavish mansion. Gutierrez shared the evidence with ABC News's 20/20 show, and said that several things about the voicemail, left around 9:30pm, are were unusual. It is believed that by the time it was sent, Savopoulos and his family had already been taken captive, allegedly by Daron Wint, 34, who is in jail charged with all four murders.Nelitza Gutierrez got voicemail from Savvas Savopoulos before murdersHe told her that his wife was ill and another housekeeper was staying overThe next day Savopoulos, his family and housekeeper were found deadGutierrez shared message from composed-sounding Savopoulos, whom investigators believe was then being held hostage in his own homeDaron Wint, 34, is charged with the four murders and will appear in court

SOLUTION:
Investigators believe the Savopoulos family were held overnight by _, before he killed his victims then set the house on fire in a bid to destroy the evidence.