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: A fraudster who pretended to be dying from cancer to steal from a charity for sick and needy children has walked free from court. Former PR guru Simon Mitchell, 44, claimed he wanted to raise £100,000 for youngsters through a series of celebrity-filled charity events for his 'bucket list.' Instead, he stole the cash from appearances by Top Gear's Richard Hammond, The Stig and reality TV star and former glamour model Katie Price - leaving the charity out of pocket. Following a three-year investigation he was finally sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Friday to a 16-week jail term, suspended for 18 months.Simon Mitchell claimed he wanted to help charity through celebrity-filled charity events for his 'bucket list'He told Donna's Dream House - for sick and needy children - that he was dying of lung cancerHe organised celebrity appearances but kept the donations leaving the charity out of pocketThe 44-year-old was sentenced to four months in jail suspended for 18 months

SOLUTION: 'Your medical records have just been disclosed to this court, and the reality of what you initially said to _'s Dream House, namely that you were terminally ill and were anxious to do what you could to assist critically ill people in the last days of your life, which was hugely noble.

PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) 2017 is almost in the books — and so are another 12 months of public opinion polling. The calendar year that President Donald Trump spent settling into the White House has been marked by consistently low ratings from a majority of the American public. But this year also has seen new highs for the economy, growing popularity for Obamacare and widening public opinion gaps ahead of the 2018 midterm elections next year. Here are the seven most important polling trends from 2017: 1. Trump's job approval hits record-breaking lows Trump will finish his first calendar year in office with just a 35% approval rating — the lowest at this point in a new president's term stretching back to the Eisenhower administration, according to polling by CNN, CNN/ORC, CNN/USA Today/Gallup and Gallup.Trump earned the lowest first-year approval rating in seven decades of pollingMore registered voters say they plan to vote for a Democrat rather than a Republican in the midterm electionMost Americans say the Russia investigation is serious nearly a year after the election

SOLUTION: Trump's quarterly approval numbers are some of the lowest since Gallup began tracking them for presidents — falling in the 11th percentile of out of 288 presidential quarters tracked by _ over the last half century.

PROBLEM: Amid the flurry of tributes that followed Al Kellock’s announcement he was retiring at the end of the season, one from another old warhorse stood out. ‘So my friend and foe Alastair Kellock calls time on a great career,’ tweeted Scotland and Saracens lock Jim Hamilton. ‘Been a pleasure punching and getting punched by you. And punching together.’ As he suggested, Hamilton had stood toe to toe with his countryman as opponents when their respective teams, Edinburgh and Glasgow, clashed. But, in the second row for Scotland, they would have each other’s backs as they fought — normally against the odds — for their country.Glasgow Warriors captain Al Kellock will retire at the end of the seasonKellock amassed 56 Scotland caps during eleven-year international careerThe lock is calling time on career after 150 matches as Glasgow captain

SOLUTION:
‘_ has put his body on the line a lot during his nine years with the club and he’s still competing very hard with the other second-rows to be selected ahead of them.