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 _ .

[Q]: Washington (CNN) -- Just two months after the brinksmanship of the "fiscal cliff," on Friday Washington faced yet another deadline to avoid yet another fiscal calamity of its own making. But this time, something is different. As congressional leaders met in the White House on Friday for what was little more than a photo-op on the day forced budget cuts went into effect, this time there are no 11th-hour negotiations to save the day. There is no last-minute effort to call in Vice President Joe Biden on behalf of Democrats or Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on behalf of Republicans to get things back on track.Washington faced yet another fiscal deadline -- this time with no real effort to negotiateCouples therapist: Democrats, Republicans lost sight of big picture, are just arguing to winCouples mediator: Disagreements should be used to find solutions
[A]: "And that's exactly what they're doing -- the Democrats and the _ are doing with each other.


[Q]: The three-year-old girl who melted hearts across the world by talking to Santa through sign language has been revealed as Mali Williams-Cody. Mali's mother, Suzanne Williams, was left speechless and teary-eyed when she saw Santa use sign language with Mali who has learning and communication difficulties. The heart-warming moment was captured on video and it has been shared all over the world. The moment in Middlesbrough's Cleveland Centre mirrors a scene from the 1994 Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street when Father Christmas uses sign language with a young girl. Suzanne, 33, from Park End, Middlesbrough, said: 'It was an amazing moment. Mali was smiling for ages afterwards. I couldn't believe it when he started doing it. I was speechless.Mali Williams-Cody went viral when she spoke to Santa using sign languageMali's mother, Suzanne Williams, was left speechless and teary-eyedHer parents believe she may have global development delay
[A]: It was then he looked at _ and used sign language to communicate with her.


[Q]: (CNN) Hours after US-led coalition airstrikes reportedly killed dozens of Syrian troops, the US and Russian ambassadors to the United Nations chastised each other outside an emergency Security Council meeting. The strike occurred Saturday in an eastern part of Syria that is not a part of a delicate and nearly week-old ceasefire. The US military said it was targeting ISIS militants and if it hit Syrian troops, it was an accident. Russia and Syria said the strikes prove Washington and its allies are sympathetic to ISIS. The Russian military said 62 Syrian soldiers were killed near Deir Ezzor Airport, according to state media. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 83 and said at least 120 soldiers were wounded.US, Russian in diplomatic row after reported coalition airstrikeUS says it was targeting what it thought were ISIS militants
[A]:
The coalition thought it was going after an _ tank position.