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. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[EX Q]: As New Zealand prepare for their World Cup semi-final against South Africa, Sportsmail takes a look at the Haka and tells you everything you need to know about the All Blacks' famous ritual. The haka is a Maori challenge and has its basis in Polynesian culture. It is not just used for sport — a haka can welcome guests, acknowledge great achievements and is performed at special occasions. New Zealand sports teams performing a haka before international matches began with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team tour and it has been carried on by the New Zealand rugby team since 1905.New Zealand face South Africa in the World Cup semi-final on SaturdayBefore every match, the All Blacks perform a Haka in front of opponentsSportsmail gives you the lowdown on everything you need to knowRugby World Cup 2015: Click here for all the news from the RWC 
 Question:The new haka configuration was decided before the squad left _.
[EX A]: New Zealand

[EX Q]: Washington (CNN) If Donald Trump's campaign aides like Paul Manafort were contacting Russian officials during the campaign, then the President had nothing to do with it, claims former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. "If anybody crossed a line and gave information to a foreign agent or foreign government or foreign intelligence official, whether that's Paul Manafort or it's Rick Gates or anybody else, I hope they're held accountable," Lewandowski told David Axelrod on "The Axe Files," a podcast from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN. He later added: "Any staffer who contacted or potentially contacted a Russian agent or a Russian official has done so on their own accord and not at the direction of the campaign, the President or anybody else in the administration."Lewandowski attempted to shield the PresidentManafort has denied the alleged contact as "100% not true" 
 Question:Lewandowski and _ were considered part of two rival power centers in the campaign during the time they overlapped.
[EX A]: Paul Manafort

[EX Q]: Little more than a month ago it hardly seemed worth England turning up for the Ashes, so remote did their chances appear against a formidable Australia. Perhaps now, however, they can dare to dream. It is the hope, of course, that kills you but England really do go into the first Test in Cardiff with a lot more hope and perhaps even a little more expectation than seemed possible when they came back from West Indies. Things have changed over those last few weeks and while they may not quite have changed quickly enough for England to regain the Ashes it is at least feasible now to expect a closely-fought series and maybe a surprising outcome.A month ago, it hardly seemed worth England turning up for the AshesNow, as it begins in Cardiff, there is much more optimismAustralia have lost a potential match-winner with Ryan Harris' retirementAlastair Cook is a better captain than many say but he must prove himself 
 Question:They have already lost one potential match-winner in _ while other members of an attack that has earned their status as firm favourites did not have everything their own way in the warm-ups.
[EX A]:
Ryan Harris