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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Question: 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

Answer: RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: ‘The RHA represents _ hauliers who, between them, operate over 100,000 heavy goods vehicles.


Question: Tons of rotting fish have filled a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where Olympic rowing and canoeing events will be held during next year's Games. Over the past week, thousands of the silver fish have died and have been scooped out of Rodrigo de Freitas lake, but city authorities and biologists have argued about the cause. More than 37 tons of fish have been collected, according to Rio's waste management company, but there is still an overwhelming stench, sparking complaints from neighbours and passers-by. Clearing: Rio's waste management company said it has cleared more than 37 tons of fish, which have been taken to the city's main dumpTons of dead fish are being cleared from a stinking lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which will host Olympic eventsRotting silver fish have filled Rodrigo de Freitas lake where rowing and canoeing events should take place next yearThere is an overwhelming stench and authorities and biologists have argued about about the cause of the deaths

Answer: The die-offs are common in _, where rivers, lakes and even the ocean are blighted by raw sewage and garbage.


Question: (CNN) Standing on the deck of the French aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, the pace of air operations is surprisingly swift. Several times per hour the crew launches between four and 10 fighter jets, many of them armed and headed for Iraq and Syria. France recently moved the Charles de Gaulle -- or "CDG" as the crew calls it -- to the Mediterranean Sea, close to the Syrian coast. The move comes as Iraqi-led forces have begun what is expected to be a messy and prolonged offensive to seize the country's second-largest city, Mosul. Boasting a squadron of 24 Rafale M jets, the ship will triple France's firepower against ISIS from 12 aircraft to 36.France moved aircraft carrier close to Syrian coastCarrier helping to support Iraqi forces on the ground

Answer:
While the CDG strike group will be targeting _ in both Iraq and Syria, their focus right now is very much on the terror group's stronghold of Mosul.