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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) -- The District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island are all to receive a portion of the $3.4 billion remaining in the "Race to the Top" fund for education in those states. "We had many more competitive applications than money to fund them in this round," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday. "Race to the Top" is an Obama administration initiative to award money to states that show that they have a plan for school reforms in four main areas: turning around low performing schools, adopting college and career ready standards, effective teachers and principals, and using data systems to support student achievement.Nine states plus the District of Columbia are winnersEach will receive a portion of $3.4 billionWinners had to show they have plans for school reforms 
 Questions:Those finalists all sent representatives to _ in August to present their case to a group of peer reviewers. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Florida (D) Georgia (E) Hawaii (F) Maryland (G) Massachusetts (H) New York (I) North Carolina (J) Ohio (K) Rhode Island (L) Race to the Top (M) Arne Duncan (N) Obama

SOLUTION: (A)

PROBLEM: A Christian family in the ancient city of Nineveh is preparing to defend the 2,700 year-old tomb of a Jewish prophet as ISIS advance to within 10 miles. Asir Salaam Shajaa claims his grandfather was tasked with watching over the monument to the prophet Nahum, which is in the northern Iraqi town of Al Qosh, when Jewish people left the region for good. His family had promised the Jewish residents more than 60 years ago that they would preserve the Hebrew site but the job is looking increasingly perilous as ISIS's murderous troops close in. Asir Salaam Shajaa, an Assyrian Christian, told The Christian Post: 'When the last Jewish people in Al Qosh left, they asked my grandfather to watch over the tomb, to keep it safe. I don't know much more than that.Asir Salaam Shajaa says grandfather was tasked with defending monumentThe duty has passed down through generations but now looks perilousAncient Nineveh stood in what is now the northern Iraqi town of Al QoshISIS recently captured nearby Ramadi in hugely significant territorial battle 
 Questions:Mr Shajaa said he's confident that ISIS will not conquer the city, despite its recent conquests of other _ towns. (A) Christian (B) Nineveh (C) Jewish (D) ISIS (E) Asir Salaam Shajaa (F) Nahum (G) Iraqi (H) Al Qosh (I) Hebrew (J) Assyrian Christian (K) The Christian Post (L) Ancient Nineveh (M) Ramadi

SOLUTION: (G)

PROBLEM: Stargazers were treated to a rare phenomenon this morning when a stunning light show hit earth illuminating the sky in parts of Australia. Photographers and space enthusiasts flocked to Sydney's northern beaches and the coast of Victoria to capture the mesmerising pink, green and orange hues which were projected on to earth from the Aurora Australis. 'I thought it was actually some light reflecting from nearby power stations at first until I saw it on the camera,' photographer Caitlin Gordon told ABC Gippsland from a farm outside Taralgon on Tuesday. The photographer was up at the crack of dawn, making sure she had her camera at the ready for the solar storm which occurred at 5am on Tuesday morning.Australia was treated to a light show in the form of the Aurora Australis on Tuesday morningIt occurred just before 5am and was captured in NSW, Victoria and across other parts of AustraliaThe phenomenon is a rare treat for light enthusiasts in Australia however experts believe it may be backElectrically charged particles from the sun entered the Earth’s atmosphere and created the stunning coloursIt creates a stunning green, orange or pink hue over earth's skyline, leaving a kaleidoscope of colours 
 Questions:'And now the lights have made it all the way to _. (A) Australia (B) Sydney (C) Victoria (D) Aurora Australis (E) Caitlin Gordon (F) ABC Gippsland (G) Taralgon (H) NSW

SOLUTION:
(C)