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].

[EX Q]: Planners in Windsor have allowed two Costa cafes less than 500 yards apart (file picture) Coffee addicts in Windsor won't have to go far for a fix – after planners in the royal borough allowed two Costa shops less than 500 yards apart. And anyone really desperate can always stop off at the Costa Express in between. The latest Costa will open on the site of the former Dedworth Road HSBC branch, the last bank in the area before it closed last year amid protests. Less than 500 yards away is a Costa which replaced a cycle shop earlier this year.Town planners have allowed two Costa cafes less than 500 yards apartTwo coffee shops in Windsor will be just a short walk away from each otherAnd there is even a Costa Express in between the two new outlets 
 Question:_'s planning application says the new shop would be a 'significant driver to local trade'.
[EX A]: Costa

[EX Q]: Japan completed the quarter-final line-up for the Women's World Cup on Tuesday by beating Holland but goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori will want to forget this win in a hurry. All Kaihori had to do was catch the ball, yet the goalkeeper for defending champions Japan somehow allowed Kirsten van de Ven's header to slip into the back of the net. Yet Japan, the only team in the tournament to have won every game, dominated the Dutch debutants with their speed and skill, and move on to Edmonton and a Saturday meeting with Australia, who booked their last eight spot with an upset against Brazil.Goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori's late gaffe left her embarrassedBut the defending champions were 2-0 ahead at the time with seconds leftThe Japanese remain the only side to have won every game so farThey will face Australia in the quarter-finals on SaturdayThe tie is a repeat of last year's Asian Cup final that Japan won 1-0 
 Question:But _ came to life and were close to finding an equaliser in the 75th minute off a wild scramble from a corner, Kaihori blocking the initial goal-bound deflection before Van de Ven had her effort blocked on the line.
[EX A]: Holland

[EX Q]: (CNN) The Syrian civil war is by no means over, but this year will bring a decisive turn in the conflict that may reduce the overall level of violence and fundamentally -- and perhaps for some time to come -- change the balance of power on the ground. Indeed, the Assad regime may not be able to reunite the country nor regain international legitimacy. But more than likely what was once unimaginable: Assad's outlasting of his domestic -- and international adversaries -- has now come to pass. And in one of the cruelest ironies of all, 2017 will also demonstrate the overturning of all the Obama administration's assumptions about Syria and perhaps open the door for the Trump administration to take advantage of the new realities.Aaron David Miller: Syria may yet prove to be a painful headache for President-elect TrumpEven so, it is unlikely to be as costly to his reputation and credibility as it will be to Obama's, he writes 
 Question:Indeed, Assad will be key part of a transition to the new _, whatever that means.
[EX A]:
Syrian