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: Washington (CNN) -- Just two months after the brinksmanship of the "fiscal cliff," on Friday Washington faced yet another deadline to avoid yet another fiscal calamity of its own making. But this time, something is different. As congressional leaders met in the White House on Friday for what was little more than a photo-op on the day forced budget cuts went into effect, this time there are no 11th-hour negotiations to save the day. There is no last-minute effort to call in Vice President Joe Biden on behalf of Democrats or Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on behalf of Republicans to get things back on track.Washington faced yet another fiscal deadline -- this time with no real effort to negotiateCouples therapist: Democrats, Republicans lost sight of big picture, are just arguing to winCouples mediator: Disagreements should be used to find solutions

SOLUTION: "And that's exactly what they're doing -- the Democrats and the _ are doing with each other.

PROBLEM: A tiny baby girl was left with 'unsurvivable' injuries after being mauled in her cot by a nine-stone 'American Bulldog' as her mother and her partner slept in front of the television. Lee Wright's dog 'Snoop' savaged 11-month-old Ava-Jayne Corless as she slept alone upstairs after escaping from his kitchen pen and ripping into the toddler's neck. Ava-Jayne was found with horrific injuries by her distraught mother Chloe King in her boyfriend's Blackburn home in February last year. She died in hospital. Mr Wright is appearing at Blackburn Magistrates' Court charged with owning a banned breed of dog. The court heard today how two veterinary experts - on behalf of the prosecution and the defence - presented strong arguments that the dog appeared to have 42 of a possible 66 characteristics of a pit bull terrier type.Ava-Hayne Corless mauled by 'pit bull-type dog' as she slept aloneMother Chloe King and boyfriend Lee Wright were asleep downstairsThey believed nine-stone dog was blocked in kitchen, but it had escapedWright today denied owning a prohibited dog at Blackburn Magistrates'

SOLUTION: In a statement read out at hearing, Miss King said: 'I gave her [_] a kiss and told her that I loved her like I always did at night.

PROBLEM: (CNN) -- No-one can fault U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for lack of effort. He has just wrapped up his 10th visit to the Middle East in pursuit of a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority -- the most elusive prize in international diplomacy. Kerry has a vision, according to U.S. diplomats -- to climb the mountain with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and to peer down from the summit on the valley of peace to see what a two-state solution would look like. It is a poetic metaphor, but more than half-way into the nine-month timetable for reaching a framework agreement, Kerry's partners are still bickering in the foothills. The more pessimistic observers -- with history on their side -- say both the Israelis and Palestinians are positioning themselves to be able to blame the other for failure.Through intensive diplomacy the U.S. Secretary of State is trying to build momentum in Middle East peace talksBorders and Jewish settlements are likely to be the most difficult piece of Kerry's puzzleSome within Israel's coalition government want to annex Jewish settlements in the fertile Jordan Valley

SOLUTION:
Kerry dropped hints about progress last week, saying after meeting _ that talks had "fleshed out and even resolved" certain kinds of issues.