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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 _ .
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Tons of rotting fish have filled a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where Olympic rowing and canoeing events will be held during next year's Games. Over the past week, thousands of the silver fish have died and have been scooped out of Rodrigo de Freitas lake, but city authorities and biologists have argued about the cause. More than 37 tons of fish have been collected, according to Rio's waste management company, but there is still an overwhelming stench, sparking complaints from neighbours and passers-by. Clearing: Rio's waste management company said it has cleared more than 37 tons of fish, which have been taken to the city's main dumpTons of dead fish are being cleared from a stinking lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which will host Olympic eventsRotting silver fish have filled Rodrigo de Freitas lake where rowing and canoeing events should take place next yearThere is an overwhelming stench and authorities and biologists have argued about about the cause of the deaths
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The die-offs are common in _, where rivers, lakes and even the ocean are blighted by raw sewage and garbage.


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Two teenage girls were subjected to a three-hour ordeal where they were terrorised by a man who was armed with a car jack. A 34-year-old man, from Kooringal, drove up next to the 17-year-olds while they were in a car on Beauty Point Avenue in Wagga Wagga - in southern New South Wales - about 8pm on March 17, according to police documents seen by the Daily Advertiser. The man got out of the car, knocked on the glass of the window of the girls' vehicle and tried to get in, but the door was locked. This did not deter him and the man went on to to stand in front of the vehicle, with his arms crossed and talked to the girls through a closed window.A man approached the girls in a car in Wagga Wagga, NSW on March 17He tried to speak to them and get into their car, but drove away from himBut the 34-year-old man started following and attempted to stop themGirls drove to a park where a group of teenage boys tried to defend themBut the man took out a car jack and swung it near the group of youngstersCharges against man dropped after he agreed to mental health treatment
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But this was not the last time they would encounter the _ man.


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London (CNN) -- Julian Assange demanded that the United States drop its "witch hunt" against WikiLeaks on Sunday as he made his first public appearance after months effectively confined to the Embassy of Ecuador in London. "As WikiLeaks stands under threat, so does the freedom of expression and the health of all our societies," the founder of website said to cheers from his supporters outside the embassy. "The U.S. war on whistle-blowers must end," Assange said, calling for the freedom of Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier suspected of giving hundreds of thousands of pages of secret American government documents to Assange for publication on WikiLeaks.NEW: UNASUR backs Ecuador and calls for dialogue to resolve the standoffJulian Assange links WikiLeaks to freedom of expression around the worldThe founder of WikiLeaks hadn't been seen since June, or spoken in public since MarchEcuador's president says Britain threatened to raid the embassy to arrest Assange
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Ecuador raised the stakes in its diplomatic row with the United Kingdom on Thursday, officially offering _ asylum in the South American country.