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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Question: Manchester City have not been put off by Raheem Sterling's turbulent summer and will make a third offer for the unsettled Liverpool forward. The news comes as former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard slammed his former team-mate for his handling of the transfer saga. City believe the rift between Sterling and Brendan Rodgers will enable them to land the youngster for much less than the £50million asking price. They are determined to land Sterling this summer and will make an improved bid on their previous £40m offer. Sterling, who has made no secret of his desire to leave, has called in sick for two successive days and Gerrard told Sky Sports: 'I’m not happy with all that carry-on and I don’t think there’s any need for it. They all need to be men about the situation.Manchester City will make an improved bid on their £40million offerCity have already had bids of £35m and £40m rejected by LiverpoolRaheem Sterling has called in sick for Liverpool training the past two daysFormer captain Steven Gerrard 'not happy' with Sterling's behaviourGerrard calls on former team-mate to 'be a man about the situation'

Answer: _'s agent claims Sterling will not sign a new contract with the club, who respond by canceling a scheduled meeting with star and his representative.


Question: (CNN) Senate Democrats are vowing to stall action on eight of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees tasked with carrying out his economic, law enforcement and regulatory agenda, a senior Democratic aide told CNN Monday. If carried through, the threat that could delay confirming the President-elect's choices for months. Those targeted include secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson, attorney general pick Jeff Sessions and health and human services secretary hopeful Tom Price. Democrats warn if they don't get the nominees' required background information and financial records and have adequate time to review them before confirmation hearings are held, they'll drag out confirmation votes with a series of procedural maneuvers.Republicans are already planning confirmation hearings from Donald Trump's CabinetDemocrats can take procedural steps to slow the process down to a crawl

Answer: "When President Obama was elected, Republicans and _ worked together and expeditiously to carefully consider his nominees.


Question: A Yazidi sex slave has told how she was kidnapped, raped and beaten with a plastic pipe by a brutal ISIS soldier as his British teenage jihadi bride witnessed her suffering and did nothing to end it. Ferida, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, revealed her sickening abuse at the hands of the jihadi fighter during a four-month ordeal held in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria. In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, a tearful Ferida explained how her terrifying ordeal began when Islamic State raided her home town of Sinjar in Iraq in August last year. She was held and transferred at various prisons for a few months before being handed over to an ISIS fighter.Ferida was one of hundreds of Yazidis abducted from Sinjar, Iraq, last yearISIS fighter raped her and beat her with a pipe during four-month captivityShe recognised his wife's British accent when she was 'speaking to her family on the internet'The Yazidi woman, 35, said she contemplated suicide during her ordeal

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But sources connected to Salma's family said they had some knowledge of the girls' movements and that they had never heard of them being in Deir ez-_.