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: Hong Kong (CNN) -- The naughty step is not working. After the United Nations slapped tougher sanctions on North Korea after its third nuclear test in February this year, Pyongyang screamed in defiance. It canceled its hotline with South Korea, withdrew its workers from the Kaesong industrial complex it jointly operates with Seoul, and carried on with its over-the-top threats. China may have backed those sanctions but the economic lifeline is still there. Trade goes on between North Korea and China. In 2011, before some of these trade embargoes began, China accounted for an estimated 67.2% of North Korea's exports and 61.6% of imports, according to the CIA World Factbook.Pyongyang reacted angrily to tougher sanctions after its third nuclear testChinese trade with North Korea has been a lifeline for the isolated regimeBut Beijing has struggled to control the angry rhetoric from its neighborExpert: China fears a North Korean collapse would spark a refugee crisis 
 Questions:"There's a lot more _ could do that it has chosen not to." (A) Hong Kong (B) CNN (C) United Nations (D) North Korea (E) Pyongyang (F) South Korea (G) Kaesong (H) Seoul (I) China (J) CIA World Factbook (K) Beijing (L) North Korean

SOLUTION: (I)

PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump, in a conversation with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, labeled New Hampshire "a drug-infested den," according to a transcript of Trump's January 27 call that was published by The Washington Post on Thursday. The comment was quickly decried by Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Granite State, including the state's Republican governor who endorsed Trump during the 2016 campaign. During the call, according to the Post, Trump lashed out at Peña Nieto for the quantity of illegal drugs that come into the United States from Mexico. "We have a massive drug problem where kids are becoming addicted to drugs because the drugs are being sold for less money than candy," Trump said.Trump lashed out at Peña Nieto for the quantity of illegal drugs that come into the US from MexicoHe later bragged that he won the Granite State because of the opioid epidemic 
 Questions:The issue was so critical to _ that he headlined an event in New Hampshire focused strictly on opioids days before the 2016 election. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Donald Trump (D) Mexican (E) Enrique Peña Nieto (F) New Hampshire (G) The Washington Post (H) Republican (I) Democratic (J) Granite State (K) Post (L) Peña Nieto (M) United States (N) Mexico (O) US

SOLUTION: (C)

PROBLEM: (CNN) The U.S. Navy on Tuesday sent a guided missile destroyer within 12 miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea where China has built an airstrip -- prompting China to scramble fighter jets and dispatch warships to "expel" the American ship. "USS William P. Lawrence exercised the right of innocent passage while transiting inside 12 nautical miles of Fiery Cross Reef, a high-tide feature that is occupied by China, but also claimed by the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam," a Pentagon statement said. "This operation challenged attempts by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam to restrict navigation rights around the features they claim ... contrary to international law," the statement continued.U.S. warship was exercising right of "innocent passage," the Pentagon saysThree Chinese planes and three Chinese ships were dispatched to the areaChina says the U.S. move justifies Beijing building military facilities on disputed islands 
 Questions:It isn't all tension between the _ and Chinese militaries, however. (A) U.S. Navy (B) South China Sea (C) China (D) American (E) USS (F) William P. Lawrence (G) Fiery Cross Reef (H) Philippines (I) Taiwan (J) Vietnam (K) Pentagon (L) Chinese (M) Beijing

SOLUTION:
(A)