In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .
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Question: (CNN) A Mississippi man was sentenced to 49 years in prison Monday and fined $20,000 for killing his ex-girlfriend because she was transgender, the US Justice Department said. Joshua Vallum, 29, of Lucedale is the first person prosecuted for a federal hate crime in which the victim was targeted for being transgender, the Justice Department said in a news release. Vallum knew Mercedes Williamson was a transgender teenage girl when they began dating, but kept her gender identity secret, prosecutors said. They broke up in 2014 but Vallum decided to kill her in May 2015 because a friend had discovered she was transgender, the Justice Department said.Joshua Vallum pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriendJustice Department: He killed because she was transgender

Answer: He would not have killed _ if she was not transgender, he said.


Question: Sir Philip Green, pictured with his daughter Chloe, has sold the loss-making BHS department chain for just £1 to a little-known investment firm Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green has sold struggling BHS for just one pound – a fraction of the £200million he paid for it almost 15 years ago. The billionaire had failed to turn the loss-making department store chain around due to fierce competition from rivals. It was bought yesterday by a little-known investment firm called Retail Acquisitions, raising fears for the jobs of 11,000 staff in 171 BHS stores across the country. When asked if their roles were safe, Sir Philip said: ‘I’m a retailer, not a clairvoyant.’Sir Philip Green has sold BHS for just £1 to Retail AcquisitionsFears have been expressed over the job security of BHS' 11,000 workersWhen asked about the jobs, Green replied: 'I'm a retailer, not a clairvoyant'The chain was put up for sale in January and the price is believed to be £1Scroll down for video

Answer: The entrepreneur bought the chain in 2000 when it was called _.


Question: (CNN) Hurricane Matthew's strong winds pounded Cuba on Tuesday night even as the powerful storm took its last lashes at Haiti, where it downed trees, drenched the ground with feet of rain and flooded streets. The damage was especially brutal in southern Haiti, where sustained winds of 130 mph continued to punish the impoverished island nation even as the eye of the storm crossed eastern Cuba. The "extremely dangerous" storm has killed at least seven people, including four in Haiti's neighbor, the Dominican Republic. Haiti: a nation sadly familiar with hurricanes and earthquakes Officials feared a high death toll in Haiti.Eye makes landfall in Cuba as storm heads toward BahamasMajor bridge in Haiti wiped out by storm; Four dead in Dominican Republic

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_ is still recovering from a post-quake cholera outbreak that killed 10,000 people.