TASK DEFINITION: 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 _ .
PROBLEM: When President Barack Obama dined with a dozen technology business leaders in California four years ago, it was Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt who sat at the head of the table. Obama sat on one side, between the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Facebook pioneer Mark Zuckerberg, but the place of honor was no accident. Google executives and employees donated more than $1.6 million to Obama's two White House campaigns, and the online search giant parachuted top talent into both. One result has been a coziness with the U.S. government's executive branch that few other companies can match – marked by access for lobbyists, mentions in nearly half of Obama's State of the Union addresses, and a personnel feeder trough serving the White House with new senior hires.Google employees donated $1.6 million to President Barack Obama's two White House bidsThe company told Daily Mail Online that it has spoken with the Federal Trade Commission about antitrust concerns; it was investigated in 2011 but later let off the hookIn the 2012 election, the company’s search algorithm customized results for Obama but not for Republican Mitt RomneyGoogle execs who have left to work in the White House include Obama's chief technology officerHillary Clinton also poached her new tech chief from Google this week

SOLUTION: His ascent in _'s world began in 2007 when the future president visited Google's California headquarters for a one-on-one interview, staged for the benefit of the company's employees, then 16,000 strong.

PROBLEM: Late-night comedian Conan O'Brien has been hit with a lawsuit from a San Diego man who claims the comedian plagiarized his jokes. In the suit filed July 22, Robert Alexander Kaseberg claims that O'Brien or his writers pilfered four of his tweets and turned them into jokes used in the opening monologue of the TBS show 'Conan' in the past year. The most recent tweet was posted last month, and Kaseberg claims that it was stolen and used in the Conan monologue that same day. Kaseberg's June 9 tweet reads: 'Three streets named after Bruce Jenner might have to change their names. And one could go from a Cul-de-Sac to a Cul-de-Sackless.'The lawsuit was filed July 22 by a Robert Alexander Kaseberg of San Diego, CaliforniaKaseberg claims that in the last year, O'Brien or his writers have stolen four jokes from his Twitter and used them for the monologue on 'Conan'A spokesman for O'Brien and the show have fiercely denied the claims

SOLUTION: Kaseberg also claims that one of his jokes from January 14 was stolen from Conan, but there appear to be inconsistencies between the phrasing of the joke in the lawsuit, and what was actually posted on Kaseberg's _.

PROBLEM: Andrew Strauss sat in the stands at Twickenham and watched England’s Rugby World Cup unravel with a devastating defeat against Australia. It is why he is so anxious now that cricket should not make the same mistakes. It was all too easy to miss the crux of Strauss’s mission statement when he was appointed as England’s team director in May. The man who was such a success as an orthodox opening batsman and Test captain wanted England to turn their backs on more than a century of tradition and treat what was once known as hit-and-giggle cricket just as seriously.It was all too easy to miss the crux of Andrew Strauss's mission statement when he was appointed as England's team director in MayStrauss wants to treat what was known as 'hit and giggle' cricket seriouslyEngland will stage the 50-over World Cup in a momentous summer of 2019

SOLUTION:
It is Strauss’s job to make sure they do not fall flat on their faces like their rugby counterparts and miss a golden chance to promote the sport by repeating the mistakes that have blighted many a cricket _.