TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: As New Zealand prepare for their World Cup semi-final against South Africa, Sportsmail takes a look at the Haka and tells you everything you need to know about the All Blacks' famous ritual. The haka is a Maori challenge and has its basis in Polynesian culture. It is not just used for sport — a haka can welcome guests, acknowledge great achievements and is performed at special occasions. New Zealand sports teams performing a haka before international matches began with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team tour and it has been carried on by the New Zealand rugby team since 1905.New Zealand face South Africa in the World Cup semi-final on SaturdayBefore every match, the All Blacks perform a Haka in front of opponentsSportsmail gives you the lowdown on everything you need to knowRugby World Cup 2015: Click here for all the news from the RWC 
 Question:The new haka configuration was decided before the squad left _.

SOLUTION: New Zealand

PROBLEM: Norwich manager Alex Neil is hopeful full-back Martin Olsson will not miss too much of the start of the Barclays Premier League campaign after shoulder surgery, but looks to have reached a stalemate with Hull over the pursuit of Robbie Brady. Sweden international Olsson has resumed light training following an operation after Norwich's Sky Bet Championship play-off win over Middlesbrough, but is not scheduled to be involved in the new season opener against Crystal Palace on August 8. Neil has spoken of his desire to provide competition in every position, having recently deployed midfielder Bradley Johnson as emergency defensive cover, but has been left frustrated at not being able to get transfer targets to the Norfolk club,Martin Olsson ruled out of the start of the season after shoulder surgeryNorwich manager Alex Neil has not set a timescale on Olsson's returnCanaries running out of time in their efforts to sign Hull ace Robbie BradyTigers boss Steve Bruce unwilling to sell unless owners' valuation is met 
 Question:Bruce, meanwhile, suggested Norwich would have to improve their offer on _ closer to the club's £8m valuation to progress the transfer.

SOLUTION: Robbie Brady

PROBLEM: They were young, talented and had their whole lives ahead of them. Robyn Whitehead, a glamorous heiress to the wealthy Goldsmith dynasty, died after taking heroin in a squalid East London flat. Cambridge graduate Mark Blanco fell from a first-floor balcony during a wild, drug-fuelled party. And talented musician Alan Wass died in mysterious circumstances after falling through a window. They all had one thing in common – coming into contact with the murky world of Pete Doherty. Blanco, 30, who studied philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge, became a cause celebre after plummeting to his death after partying with the infamous rock star.Grieving families want to shine a grim light on the dark world of the singerHis now notorious lifestyle came to the fore after the death of Mark BiancoCCTV showed him leaving a party and walking past his body in the gutterInexplicable demise of young person is a 'recurring theme' with Doherty 
 Question:‘Pete Doherty and Alan Wass argued that she was not trying to tell the right story about _ in the film she was making,’ he says.

SOLUTION:
Pete Doherty