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: Among the thousands of internet compilation videos of Barcelona’s football there are a handful that don’t involve flicks, tricks and bicycle kicks – they are the ones dedicated to the skin-saving tackles of Javier Mascherano. They are not as pretty as Leo Messi’s best 100 goals or Xavi’s greatest assists but they have been fundamental in the club’s success since 2010. The man who admitted to ‘tearing his anus’ in one goal-saving challenge on Arjen Robben for Argentina last summer at the World Cup has been stretching himself to the limit for Barcelona since his move to the Nou Camp in 2010.Former Liverpool midfielder is a key ingredient in Barcelona's successJavier Mascherano has become a crucial player for Barca and ArgentinaMascherano's last-ditch tackling allows his attacking colleagues to shineThe Argentinian holding player also a popular member of the squadMascherano is often the man sent out to quieten the media in tough timesChampions League final 2015: All the latest Barcelona vs Juventus news

SOLUTION: There was still a disbelief that the former _ holding midfielder had really metamorphosed into a world-class central defender.

PROBLEM: An elderly man who shot his paralyzed wife in the chest while she was asleep in a hospital bed did so with 'no evil', a district attorney has said. William Dresser, 88, walked into the rehab unit of Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center, Nevada, and killed wife Frances, 86, with a pistol in January last year after she begged to die. Carson City District Attorney Jason Woodbury has now filed a motion to dismiss the murder charge against Dresser. The prosecutor, who took office a year after the shooting occurred, cited evidence that Mrs Dresser had expressed a desire to no longer live.William and Frances Dresser had been married for 68 yearsShe 'begged' him to end her life after a fall left her paralyzed and in painHe bought a handgun, kissed her while she slept - then shot her in chest

SOLUTION: And he pointed to the fact that _ is suffering from advanced-stage prostate cancer.

PROBLEM: Last week it looked as though the Balkans would be plunged into conflict once again after two newly formed 'micro states' clashed over a strip of unclaimed 'no man's land'. Admittedly the war of words bore little resemblance to the strife which has torn apart this often restive corner of Europe down the centuries. The Kingdom of Enclava had claimed a patch of territory by the Serbian border - unaware the land had already been staked out a month before by the Principality of Celestinia. Celestinian interim chancellor of foreign affairs Endre Jos, a 39-year-old IT technician, said of the Enclavans: 'If they try to settle there, we will be there, destroying their game.'Kingdom of Enclava claimed patch of territory on Croatia-Serbia border - unaware it had already been staked out by Principality of CelestiniaCelestinia threatened to 'destroy' rival's 'game' in bitter territorial disputeBut Enclavans, from Poland, and Celestinians, from Hungary, have agreed to share 0.3 km sq patch by the Danube - same area as 43 football pitchesCelestinian spokesman: 'Encalvans are friendly, peace and freedom-loving people. I think we can work together and they are Polish, ergo brothers'

SOLUTION:
But the deal now struck will see _ take a 0.027 sq km (0.116 square-mile) piece of the land at the southwestern tip on which to build their new country.