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 _ .

[EX Q]: (CNN) Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump, rather than President Barack Obama, in his annual New Year's greetings statement to foreign heads of state and government. However, Putin did convey his seasonal greetings to Obama, his family and the American people in a separate statement earlier Friday, while responding to the latest wave of US sanctions against Russia. In his annual greetings statement, Putin expressed hope that after Trump is sworn in as US President on January 20, the two countries, "acting in a constructive and pragmatic manner, will be able to take real steps to restore the mechanisms of bilateral cooperation in various areas and take their interaction in the international arena to a whole new level."Putin said he hoped for "real steps" to restore US-Russia relations under Donald TrumpPutin's New Year's greetings mentioned Trump but not President Barack Obama
[EX A]: The Obama administration said its measures were in response to allegations that _ had interfered in the 2016 US presidential election campaign.

[EX Q]: President Barack Obama arrived in Japan on Wednesday for the first part of his Asia trip that started with reassuring Tokyo of U.S. support in its bitter territorial dispute with China. Obama made his first stop in Tokyo on a weeklong tour that will also take him to South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines. Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met over what's been described as the "world's best sushi" at Sukiyabashi Jiro, a top-rated restaurant in the Ginza district. The dinner also brought out the new U.S. ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy. On Thursday, Obama will start a formal state visit to the nation -- the highest designation for a foreign leader.President Obama says a set of disputed islands fall under a U.S.-Japanese treatyHe makes the comments to Japanese paper ahead of a visit to AsiaChina disputes his assertion, saying the U.S. should "respect the truth"
[EX A]: _ begins Asia trip with 'the best sushi I've ever had'.

[EX Q]: (CNN) In a stark reminder that the world's population of bees is plummeting, Cheerios pulled its mascot Buzz the Bee off the box of Honey Nut Cheerios. Bees play a critical role by pollinating 35% of the world's food supply. The fate of many species and billions of dollars of global crops rides on their tiny backs. But bee colonies are collapsing around the world as parasites, pesticides and habitat loss take a deadly toll. For the first time this year, a bee species in the US was declared endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. "Buzz is missing because there's something serious going on with the world's bees. Bee populations everywhere have been declining at an alarming rate, and that includes honeybees like Buzz," Cheerios posted.Cheerios is sending 100 million packets of wildflowers to help restore bee habitatsBees are critical pollinators in the world's food supply chain
[EX A]:
_ have been losing their flower-rich homes in recent decades.