TASK DEFINITION: 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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
PROBLEM: (CNN) In a surprising move the Venezuelan opposition is calling a coup, the Venezuelan Supreme Court has stripped the country's National Assembly of its powers. The court ruled that all powers vested under the legislative body will be transferred to the Supreme Court, which is stacked with government loyalists. The ruling effectively means the three branches of the Venezuelan government will be controlled by the ruling United Socialist Party. The opposition has been taken out of the picture. Prominent opposition leaders are already calling the government of President Nicolás Maduro "a dictatorship." "Nicolás Maduro has staged a coup d'état," National Assembly President Julio Borges said Thursday. "What this ruling means is that, for the first time, Nicolás Maduro has all the power to enact laws, assign contracts, incur foreign debt and persecute fellow Venezuelans."Decision effectively means the three branches of government will be controlled by ruling partyVenezuela is facing a deep humanitarian crisis sparked by an economic meltdown 
 Questions:Given that the country owes $7.2 billion in outstanding debt payments, it means _ will run out of cash at some point, depending on fluctuation of oil prices. (A) CNN (B) Venezuelan (C) National Assembly (D) Supreme Court (E) United Socialist Party (F) Nicolás Maduro (G) Julio Borges

SOLUTION: (B)

PROBLEM: The first American believed to have been killed while fighting the Islamic State was 'guided to Syria' by God, his father said. Tom Broomfield was speaking out on Wednesday, the day of his son Keith's funeral. The 36-year-old - who died fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria - was laid to rest in a private burial, following a service at Grace Baptist Church in Hudson, Massachusetts. Friends described him as a car and motorcycle enthusiast who embraced his passions headlong. They remembered how he drove a DeLorean car in high school and later fixed up a 1970s motorcycle to ride on a cross-country adventure to California.Keith Broomfield, a Massachusetts man who had no military training, was fighting alongside Kurdish forces in SyriaFriends and family gathered Wednesday at Grace Baptist Church in Hudson for his funeral before a private burialHis dad said Keith's path in life had been straightened 'by God'A group of American Kurds also came to show their support. 'He passed away in our land for us,' said Abdul Tammo, of Hartford, Connecticut 
 Questions:He added that Keith's path 'wasn't very straight' but _ straightened it and guided him to Syria. (A) American (B) Islamic State (C) Syria (D) God (E) Tom Broomfield (F) Keith (G) Kurdish (H) Grace Baptist Church (I) Hudson (J) Massachusetts (K) DeLorean (L) California (M) Keith Broomfield (N) American Kurds (O) Abdul Tammo (P) Hartford (Q) Connecticut

SOLUTION: (D)

PROBLEM: David Cameron’s plans to stuff the House of Lords with dozens of Tory peers will cost taxpayers millions more in inflated expenses bills, campaigners have warned. The Mail revealed this week that dozens of peers based in London are taking advantage of a scheme designed to make the system fairer in the wake of the expenses scandal. Disgraced Baron Sewel highlighted the racket after footage emerged of his cocaine-fuelled party with two prostitutes. But despite the scandal, David Cameron has said he will press ahead with plans to hand out more peerages to boost Tory representation in the Upper Chamber.David Cameron plans to boost number of Conservatives in House of LordsCampaign group warned proposals would cost at least £1.3m in expensesIt's emerged that London-based peers take advantage of allowance scheme 
 Questions:Describing the system as a ‘mess’, one senior member of the _ said that many of his colleagues were simply turning up and leaving shortly after in a cynical ploy to claim public money. (A) David Cameron (B) House of Lords (C) Tory (D) The Mail (E) London (F) Baron Sewel (G) Upper Chamber (H) Conservatives (I) Campaign

SOLUTION:
(B)