TASK DEFINITION: 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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
PROBLEM: President Barack Obama took an evening away from politicking Sunday to honor top artists -- and crack some jokes. Obama received the five Kennedy Center honorees at the White House before the annual gala that honored this year Tom Hanks, Sting, Al Green, Lily Tomlin and ballerina Patricia McBride. Sting got a presidential mention not just for his chart-topping music career, but also for his stage name. "Now, not everybody can pull off a name like Sting, but this guy can. His wife, Trudie, calls him Sting. Apparently his kids call him Sting," Obama said to laughs at the White House reception. "'POTUS' is a pretty good nickname -- but let's face it, it's not as cool as Sting. I kind of wish I was called Sting."Obama's nickname-of-choice? Apparently, it's "Sting"President Obama may have dished out jokes Sunday, but Michelle Obama is apparently "the most powerful and influential""There she is...next to the President, which I assume means she has no future plans to run for office" Stephen Colbert joked 
 Questions:_, however, later said on the red carpet he was "not so sure" his name is cooler than the President's moniker. (A) Barack Obama (B) Obama (C) Kennedy Center (D) White House (E) Tom Hanks (F) Sting (G) Al Green (H) Lily Tomlin (I) Patricia McBride (J) Trudie (K) POTUS (L) Michelle Obama (M) Stephen Colbert

SOLUTION: (F)

PROBLEM: (CNN) -- Former Bush adviser Karl Rove said Sunday that Sen. John McCain had gone "one step too far" in some of his recent ads attacking Sen. Barack Obama. Karl Rove said both candidates are guilty of going too far in their attacks. Rove has leveled similar criticism against Obama. "McCain has gone in some of his ads -- similarly gone one step too far," he told Fox News, "and sort of attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond the '100 percent truth' test." The Obama campaign immediately leaped on the quote. "In case anyone was still wondering whether John McCain is running the sleaziest, most dishonest campaign in history, today Karl Rove -- the man who held the previous record -- said McCain's ads have gone too far," said campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor, in a statement sent to reporters minutes after Rove's on-air comments. Rove masterminded both of President Bush's successful White House bids.Clinton says McCain, Palin offer four more years of "disappointment"Karl Rove says both candidates need to "be careful" about going too farObama raises record-breaking $66 million in AugustMcCain also breaks his fundraising record with $47 million 
 Questions:Obama on Saturday accused McCain and vice presidential candidate _ of avoiding the issues to "distort" his record. (A) CNN (B) Bush (C) Karl Rove (D) John McCain (E) Barack Obama (F) Rove (G) Obama (H) McCain (I) Fox News (J) Tommy Vietor (K) White House (L) Clinton (M) Palin

SOLUTION: (M)

PROBLEM: A Maryland mother and father under investigation for letting their two young children walk a mile home from the park alone have been found responsible for 'unsubstantiated' child neglect. Danielle and Alexander Meitiv, who believe in a so-called 'free-range' approach to parenting, were thrust into the national spotlight just before Christmas when police found Rafi, 10 and Dvora, six, wandering the sidewalk on their own. The decision by Child Protective Services means that the CPS will keep a file on the Meitiv's open for at least five years but Danielle and Alexander Meitiv have said they will continue to bring up their own children as they see fit - whatever the consequences.Danielle and Alexander Meitiv notified of Child Protective Services decision late last monthCPS said the two were responsible for 'unsubstantiated' child neglectThey will be on file at the government agency for at least five yearsOn December 20 police were called after Danielle Meitiv's children were spotted alone, walking about a mile home from the parkParents believe in the concept of 'free-range' parenting which encourages independenceAlexander Meitiv is a Research Fellow at National Institutes of Health and Danielle is an Oceanographer 
 Questions:This seemingly arbitrary ability to place a family under investigation and rule against them has left the _'s, who both work as scientists, furious. (A) Maryland (B) Danielle (C) Alexander Meitiv (D) Christmas (E) Rafi (F) Dvora (G) Child Protective Services (H) CPS (I) Danielle Meitiv (J) Research Fellow (K) National Institutes of Health

SOLUTION:
(C)