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 _ .

Q: (CNN) On Saturday, January 14, employees at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus received a shocking announcement after evening performances at Orlando and Miami. Representatives of Feld Entertainment, the show's parent company, revealed that the circus would shut down forever in May. Less than 24 hours later, the venerable Big Apple Circus announced that it would sell off its assets in a bankruptcy auction on February 7. When Ringling Bros. and Big Apple Circus announced impending demise within a day of each other, it was hard, in some ways, to believe they had really come to the end of the road. Each circus has faced the threat of death before. The nonprofit Big Apple Circus has weathered bone-thin budgets since its founding in 1977 and it survived the disastrous financial crisis in 2008.Janet M. Davis: Circuses in the 19th century and today are best defined by their ability to adapt to changing social conditionsCirque du Soleil is expanding and 90% of the American population lives within an hour's drive of a circus, Davis writes

A: According to _ casting director Pavel Kotov, the show intends to hire American talent for its American-based units.
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Q: A mother-of-two was left disgusted after her six-year-old daughter found a human nail in her McDonald's burger. Lyn Richie, 38, had taken Ellyn, husband George, 41, and stepdaughter Katy, 12, to the fast food restaurant on Riverside Park East, Coleraine, Londonderry, for a family treat. But their meal was ruined when Ellyn lifted the bun off her Big Mac and spotted the nail sitting on top of the burger patty. Ms Richie, from Coleraine, reported the nail to a member of staff who confirmed it was human before offering her a refund for the family's £16.77 order. Child minder Ms Richie said: 'My six-year-old daughter was eating her Big Mac when she pointed to a foreign object sandwiched between the burgers.Mother-of-two Lyn Richie had taken family to McDonald's as a special treatBut their meal was ruined when daughter lifted burger bun and found nailMs Richie reported the discovery and restaurant is now being investigated

A: A spokesperson for _ said: 'We are sorry for Ms Ritchie's experience when visiting our restaurant.
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Q: 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'

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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.
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