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: A chronic shortage of nearly 50,000 lorry drivers across every corner of Britain will cause vital deliveries to shops and businesses to seize up well before Christmas, haulage leaders warned today as they published new figures. The Road Haulage Association is today writing to the Prime Minister David Cameron demanding government intervention to help with the ‘chronic truck driver shortage’, which they argue is having ‘a profound affect’ on the UK’s supply chain. The RHA also said that the economic recovery risks being ‘stalled’ by the delivery driver shortage. ‘There is a national truck driver shortage, estimated to be in the region of 45,000 thousand. And with over 35,000 thousand existing drivers due to retire in the next two years, the situation is deteriorating fast, ‘ the RHA said.The Road Haulage Association said there is a 45,000 driver shortfallIt said the £3,000 cost of training to be a truck driver is a 'serious barrier'It called on the Government to invest £150m in driver training in the budget

A: RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: ‘The RHA represents _ hauliers who, between them, operate over 100,000 heavy goods vehicles.
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Q: It can’t receive phone calls, track your exercise or let you send messages, but an old watch made by Apple is on sale via eBay for more than the brand’s latest offering. An analogue promotional watch from Apple with a blue bezel, rubber strap and colourful hands, is listed on the internet auction site with a ‘buy it now’ price of $2,499.99 (£1,707.47) plus postage. For the same price as the 1997 timepiece, Apple fans could pre-order five of the cheapest Apple Watch Sport, which cost £299 in the UK and still have some change. An analogue promotional watch from Apple (pictured) with a blue bezel, rubber strap and colourful hands, is listed on the internet auction site with a ‘buy it now’ price of $2,499.99 (£1,707.47) plus postageAnalogue watch was released in 1997 to promote Apple's Mac OSHas a circular face and colourful hands, unlike Apple's modern WatchVintage timepiece is listed for $2,500 (£1,707) on eBayShoppers could buy five of the new Apple Watch Sports for less cash

A: The seller, called ‘theappleipodbay’ calls the watch, which was released to promote Apple’s _, a ‘rare collector item.
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Q: (CNN) "It upsets you and me, maybe -- but we're not typical Americans." That's what one of Richard Nixon's ad men told journalist Joe McGinniss during Nixon's 1968 run for the White House, as recounted in McGinniss' 1969 book, "The Selling of the President." They were speaking about a group of PR men who tailored Richard Nixon's image to match the desires of the public in 1968. Speechwriters, pitchmen and consultants built the campaign into what amounted to an exercise in consumer advertising. It marked the beginning of an age in which "packaging" a political candidate became a normal part of political campaigning. It was this shift, toward style over substance, that bothered McGinniss' source.Trump is a new world in political branding, say David Sable and Will JohnsonHis over-the-top message is a new way of reaching voters, they sayThe brand he is most similar to, in Sable and Johnson's research: Ultimate Fighting Championship

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But the attraction is undeniable for many: Both _ and UFC present an unusual and dangerous spectacle that is compelling to many Americans.
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