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: (CNN) -- If the United States is serious about thoroughly defeating ISIS, it must -- somehow, some way -- go through Syria. But how? And in what way? Those are the big questions now, as President Barack Obama weighs what to do inside the war-ravaged nation where ISIS leaders are based and where the Islamist terror group rose to prominence. Obama ceded Thursday that "we don't have a strategy yet" for what to do about ISIS inside Syria, with a senior administration official adding that a decision is "a week or so" away. There are certainly options, but none is clear-cut.Obama: U.S. has no military strategy yet on what to do against ISIS in SyriaThere's been no hint of ground forces, but commandos did do a rescue missionAirstrikes are a possibility; a congressman says it's critical U.S. work with locals"There is no such thing as a no-risk strategy," Rep. Adam Smith adds 
 Questions:If you can't pound _ into submission militarily, the reasoning goes, you can hit it where it hurts: the wallet. (A) CNN (B) United States (C) ISIS (D) Syria (E) Barack Obama (F) Islamist (G) Obama (H) U.S. (I) Adam Smith

SOLUTION: (C)

PROBLEM: Beijing (CNN) Imagine taking a five-hour exam just to get a job interview. That's what nearly one million people did in China Sunday, taking the country's grueling civil service entrance exam, or Guokao. Test-takers had two hours to answer 135 multiple-choice questions on topics covering language, mathematics, logic, politics, law and culture. That was followed by 3 hours of essay questions. The exam is only held once a year, so for those taking part, it's do or die. They are competing for 27,000 jobs. The odds of getting one -- after the exam and a subsequent interview -- are about 36 to 1.They are competing to be interviewed for one of 27,000 jobsAnswer 135 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours, then 3 hours of essay questions 
 Questions:Wang's desired role pays only 6,000 yuan ($870) a month, but includes benefits such as _ housing registration, free accommodation and free food at the office canteen. (A) Beijing (B) CNN (C) China (D) Guokao

SOLUTION: (A)

PROBLEM: A dog that was reported missing more than a year ago was found alive in a drain pipe in Maryland and has been successfully rescued and returned to a shelter. The Wheaton Terrier known both as Cookie and Mai Tai had only recently been rescued from the dog-meat trade in Thailand when he went missing in his new country in October 2014. It was another dog who brought help people find trapped Cookie. New York City resident Nick An was walking one of his relative's Great Dane during a visit in Bethesda when the dog pulled him toward the storm drain and began to bark.Wheaton Terrier known both as Cookie and Mai Tai was reported missing in Kensington, Maryland in October 2014He was found in nearby Bethesda on Friday after a Great Dane barked at the pipe and a man found Cookie insideIt took firefighters three hours to rescue the scared dogCookie was dirty but found in good health and not malnourishedHe has been returned to the shelter he was originally placed after being rescued from the dog-meat trade in Thailand the year before 
 Questions:The shelter said _ was turned over 'for his safety' and that the dog has since been moved to a foster home while a permanent placement is searched for. (A) Maryland (B) Wheaton Terrier (C) Cookie (D) Mai Tai (E) Thailand (F) New York City (G) Nick An (H) Great Dane (I) Bethesda (J) Kensington

SOLUTION:
(C)