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].

[EX Q]: Crippling cuts to defence spending have left Britain unable to defend itself or stand up to Russia, according to the former head of the Army. General Sir Peter Wall said the 'consequences' of the squeeze on funding is now 'playing out' in the UK's approach to dealing with Vladimir Putin. He joins a growing chorus of criticism of the refusal by any of the main parties to protect defence spending from cuts after the election, despite a pledge to increase foreign aid budgets being enshrined in law. General Sir Peter Wall said the 'consequences' of the squeeze on funding is now 'playing out' in the UK's approach to dealing with Vladimir PutinSir Peter Wall says consequences of budget cuts are now 'playing out'UK is reluctant to face up to Russia incursions into airspace and watersJoins chorus of criticism of the impact of spending cuts on the militaryCameron under pressure to commit 2% of GDP to defence under UN target 
 Question:Up to 30,000 service personnel could go - with the _ likely to bear the heaviest cuts - leaving the armed forces with a combined strength of just 115,000 by the end of the decade, it predicted.
[EX A]: Army

[EX Q]: Decision day: David Cameron's daughter Nancyis among tens of thousands of children who will found out today if they have got in to their first choice Almost half the children in some areas were yesterday denied their preferred secondary school as pressure grows on places. Tens of thousands of ten and 11-year-olds across the country were not given their first choice when councils announced allocations. Cities including London and Birmingham saw three in ten miss out on their favourite, while in several areas that figure was four or nearly five in ten. Competition for places is getting fiercer in many areas which have seen population increases fuelled partly by immigration.David Cameron's child Nancy being told where she has been acceptedLikely to have been offered a place at state school close to Downing StreetThousands of other children failed to get first choice, council figures revealIn Birmingham 32 per cent of 11-year-olds - 4,000 - were left disappointedAround a third of children in London missed out on preferred secondaryIn Bristol and Sandwell near West Bromwich 1 in 4 didn't get first choiceVirtually all children in Cornwall and East Riding got preferred place 
 Question:His daughter Nancy is understood to have applied to several L_schools, including some of the most competitive in the country.
[EX A]: London

[EX Q]: At least we now know why FIFA made bad, often inexplicable, decisions. They were bent. Michel Platini, sadly, seems willing to perform the same service for free. Platini is a bad idea machine, whether voting for Russia and Qatar, or saturating the European Championship with mediocre qualifiers. His grand overhaul of football’s economic structure, financial fair play, was so poorly conceived and biased towards the existing elite that it collapsed under the weight of legal challenge and its own incompetence in little more than a year. His vision for the Europa League has inspired some coaches to actively hope for an early exit, while the riches from the Champions League are so iniquitously divided they have turned domestic competitions across Europe into virtual monopolies.Greg Dyke and The FA back Michel Platini without seeing his manifestoWest Ham's poor disciplinary record means there will be no Fair Play repeatLouis van Gaal needs to sign another goalkeeper if he sells David de GeaCommunity Shield means nothing - but Arsenal are serious contenders 
 Question:It doesn’t, however, have to be as hard as _ are making it.
[EX A]:
West Ham