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: Since it was revealed that Andreas Lubitz – the co-pilot who purposefully crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, killing 150 people – had been treated for psychiatric illness, a debate has ensued over whether privacy laws regarding medical records should be less strict when it comes to professions that carry special responsibilities. It has been widely argued that Germany's privacy laws were to blame for the tragedy. The Times, for example, ran an article with the headline: 'German obsession with privacy let killer pilot fly.' Similarly, another article published in TIME said: 'German privacy laws let pilot 'hide' his illness from employers.'Andreas Lubitz crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps, killing himself as well as the other 149 people on board the flightIt has since emerged Lubitz had been treated for psychiatric illnessNews has triggered a debate over whether airlines should have mandatory access to all pilots' medical records, to try and prevent a similar tragedyCarissa Veliz is a philosophy graduate from Oxford University and is writing her dissertation on the subject of privacy 
 Question:But _ law meant it was left entirely up to him to volunteer his mental health problems to his employer, something he failed to do with devastating consequences after tearing up a sick note for the day of the crash.

SOLUTION: German

PROBLEM: NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. President Barack Obama set his green plan into action Monday, potentially reversing several Bush-era decisions on global warming and fuel efficiency. U.S. President Barack Obama signs orders Monday on vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency standards. In his first major environmental acts as president, Obama directed his Environmental Protection Agency to review a California application to regulate greenhouse gases and told his Department of Transportation to begin implementing fuel efficiency standards passed last year but not implemented by the Bush administration. He also pushed for passage of the $825 billion economic stimulus package in the House and Senate. Those bills include money for investments in renewable energy, conservation and a better electric grid.Obama orders review of California request to regulate greenhouse gasesU.S. president orders government to implement fuel efficiency standardsAutomakers oppose plan as an expensive patchwork of lawsFormer President George W. Bush stopped earlier attempt for state standards 
 Question:Seventeen other states may adopt California's rules if the _ administration allows it, representing over half the vehicle market.

SOLUTION: Barack Obama

PROBLEM: The victim of a paedophile teacher says she felt like a 'weight was lifted from her shoulders' when she saw her tormentor finally jailed for the abuse which ruined her childhood. Angela Taylor, now 50, was just one of many nine and 10-year-old children targeted by Ronald Wotton on a daily basis at East Durham Catholic primary school between 1968 and 1980. She went to police in the wake of the Jimmy Savile revelations after telling herself she couldn't take the truth about her abuse to the grave. Ms Taylor has now waived her anonymity to tell how the abuse affected her life and of her relief at seeing Wotton convicted and sent to jail.Teacher carried out a catalogue of sex offences from the 1960s onwardsHis victims kept quiet about the abuse for more than three decadesAngela Taylor came forward after Jimmy Savile's abuse became publicOthers followed and the teacher was jailed for five years last yearMs Taylor now waives her anonymity to tell of the impact the abuse had 
 Question:As a child, Ms Taylor was shy and grew to hate school because of _'s abuse.

SOLUTION:
Ronald Wotton