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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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Back in the early years of Islam, Syria was famous for its martyrs: its shahids. Pious warriors would travel from across the Caliphate to fight on its northern frontier against the garrisons of Christian Byzantium. The men who died there for Islam were hailed by their fellow Muslims as the bravest of the brave. 'How pleasant to us,' one of them declared, 'is the fragrance of dust, and dirt, and blood flowing down our necks.' Today, young men are once again flocking to Syria to die as martyrs. Many of the Muslims who sign up to fight for Islamic State do so in the belief that those killed for Allah will attain the highest level of paradise.Khaled al-Asaad was beheaded at the archaeological site by ISIS militantsBorn and raised in Palmyra, he was head of antiquities for 40 yearsHe was devoted to the historic site writing books and excavating itThe Syrian historian even named one of his daughters Zenobia
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The truth of this is impossible to know — but of one thing we can be certain: Khaled al-_, humane, learned and committed to the preservation of his country's heritage, was exactly the kind of Syrian ISIS is committed to eradicating.


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Raheem Sterling has prompted new concerns over smoking after fresh pictures emerged of him holding a shisha pipe – this time joined by his teenage Liverpool team-mate Jordon Ibe. The pictures, believed to have been taken in a London bar earlier this season, show the young stars sat together and both are holding shisha pipes. Casually dressed, the pair are sat on a sofa in front of a table with shisha pipes, cans of fizzy Fanta orange and a portable music speaker. Sterling, who is considering his future at Liverpool, and Ibe are considered as the two brightest stars to emerge at the club as they battle to stay among the Barclays Premier League pacesetters.New pictures show Raheem Sterling and Jordon Ibe with shisha pipesThe Liverpool pair are dressed in casual clothing and have a pipe eachPictures emerged last week of Liverpool star Sterling smoking shishaFootage also emerged of him inhaling nitrous oxide from a balloonThe pictures create a fresh problem for Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers
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_ has turned down a deal worth around £100,000 per week and does not want to resume negotiations until the end of the season.


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(CNN) The ongoing debate about what went wrong for Democrats last week, when they lost a winnable race in Georgia's 6th congressional district, is about far more than finger-pointing within the party. It's about whether the Democrats can learn from their mistakes before the coming battle for control of Congress. You can't fix a problem if you don't get the diagnosis right. I had a front row seat to the election, and Ossoff's campaign. I live in Georgia's 5th, right next door, and I know my neighbors a few miles away well. We share the same media market, so I saw the same ads -- hundreds of times -- as they did.Drew Westen: To get ready for the 2018 elections, Democrats need to learn from their loss in GeorgiaThe Democratic Party needs likable candidates who can convey a message voters will understand and endorse, writes Westen
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_ lost because that was one of the worst campaigns I've ever seen.