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].

[Q]: For five years, Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina's first minority governor, dismissed calls to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse lawn as a divisive issue far from her agenda. In her 2010 campaign, she said the two-thirds legislative approval required to move the flag from its 30-foot perch was too high a hurdle to allow for real debate. When her re-election opponent called last fall for it to be removed, she branded it a desperate stunt. None of that mattered, she said, after nine people were killed last month at a black church in Charleston, including its pastor, State Sen. Clementa Pinckney, in a crime she called 'pure hate.'South Carolina lawmakers plan to introduce a resolution Tuesday to debate removing the Confederate flag from the State House groundsGov. Nikki Haley said she was 'disgusted' to see photos of Emanuel AME Church shooting suspect Dylann Roof with flag'The flag didn't kill those families, but let's honor every person in South Carolina so no one drives by this Statehouse and feels pain,' she saidPublicly called on legislators to send the battle flag to a museumFlag has become a 'deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive past' 
 Question:Since taking office, Haley said, a goal has been to change how people outside the state view _.
[A]: South Carolina


[Q]: It was a day of firsts for Whitecaps FC striker Robert Earnshaw as he wasted no time in grabbing his first goal for his new club by scoring with his first touch of the ball against Portland Timbers on Saturday evening. With the game looking as though it was heading for a 1-1 draw, Welsh manager Carl Robinson put faith in his veteran compatriot, bringing him on as an 87th minute substitute for the Vancouver outfit Within three minutes, the former Premier League striker was putting the ball in the back of the net and showboating his trademark somersault celebration.Striker Robert Earnshaw scored on his Whitecaps debut with his first touchThe 33-year-old had been on the pitch for just three minutes before nettingVeteran Earnshaw's 90th minute strike won the game for his new MLS club 
 Question:'The length of time I've been playing football and that feeling when the ball hits the net, oh my god, it's the best,' _ told reporters after the game.
[A]: Robert Earnshaw


[Q]: (CNN) In 2004, Mostafa Salameh had a vivid dream: he was praying for peace on the top of a mountain. "I woke up sweating and I saw myself on top of the world," Salameh tells CNN. Back then, Salameh had no expedition experience, little money and couldn't have pointed to Mount Everest on a map. Fast forward to 2017, and he has become the first Jordanian to complete the "Explorers Grand Slam," which entails climbing the Seven Summits, including Mount Everest, and reaching the North and South poles. Only 15 other people have ever achieved the Grand Slam. His amazing life has now become the subject of an international book, published by Bloomsbury and endorsed by King Abdullah II of Jordan and British adventurer Ranulph Fiennes.Mostafa Salameh has become the first Jordanian to climb the Seven Summits, and trek to both the North and South polesHe has released a book "Dreams of a Refugee: From the Middle East to Mount Everest" detailing his adventures 
 Question:Almost immediately afterward, Salameh stopped partying, smoking and began training for the _.
[A]:
Explorers Grand Slam