TASK DEFINITION: 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 _ .
PROBLEM: The United States will rescue as many as 10,000 Syrians over the next year, the White House said today. President Barack Obama has directed his national security team to begin preparations to 'scale up' the number of Syrian refugees the country is accepting, his spokesman said today. The new goal is 'ambitious' White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said, but the president and his team believe they can meet it over the next fiscal year. This year the U.S. took in just 1,500 Syrians fleeing the violence wrought by ISIS in their home country. The United States' intake paled in comparison to that of Gulf countries and some European countries, leading some international actions - and senators from the president's party - to pressure Obama to do more.This year the U.S. took in just 1,500 Syrians fleeing the violence wrought by ISIS in their home countryUnited States' intake paled in comparison to that of Gulf countries and some European countriesU.S. has given $4 billion to foreign governments bearing the brunt of the crisis and non-governmental organizations providing humanitarian aid

SOLUTION: That is why he said the _ remains focused on meeting the 'most urgent immediate' needs of the refugees - basic medical care, shelter and food and water - and addressing other concerns like schooling for the wandering children.

PROBLEM: A decorated Green Beret claimed he could have safely rescued American and Canadian hostages in Pakistan but a 'dysfunctional' bureaucracy and competing agencies hampered efforts. Speaking in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday, Army Special Forces Lt Col Jason Amerine said he was under scrutiny from the FBI for his criticism of US hostage rescue protocols. 'Warren Weinstein is dead,' Amerine said, referring to the USAID worker held hostage in Pakistan, whom President Obama announced in April had been accidentally killed in a drone strike. 'Colin Rutherford, Joshua Boyle, Caitlin Coleman and the child she bore in captivity are still hostages in Pakistan. I failed them.'Lt Col Jason Amerine told a Senate committee Thursday he had crafted a trade for several hostages that was overruled by the State DepartmentAmerine's deal would have secured the release of several Americans and Canadians held in PakistanAn eventual deal for Sgt Bowe Bergdahl was reached in 2014 that saw the release of five Taliban prisoners that had been held in the USAnother hostage, Warren Weinstein, was accidentally killed in a US drone strike in January

SOLUTION: Coleman is an American held hostage along with Boyle, her _ husband, while Rutherford is a Canadian tourist who was taken by the Taliban in 2010, the CBC reported.

PROBLEM: Disgraced news anchor Brian Williams has admitted to feeling haunted by the ‘ghost’ of his famed predecessor Tom Brokaw, whose presence he still felt looming over the Nightly News even after more than ten years in the hot seat. Williams, 55, is currently serving a six month suspension without pay as a team investigates claims he lied in reports about the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina, among others. The anchor is banned from speaking publicly during his ban, but several NBC News staffers have revealed that the legacy of legendary anchor Brokaw leaned heavy on Williams. Scroll down for videoThe disgraced news anchor has admitted to feeling haunted by the 'ghost' of famed predecessor Tom BrokawWilliams' admission to his own insecurities were revealed during a conversation with colleague Chuck Todd last Summer'At least your ghost is dead. Mine is still walking the building,' Williams told Todd while discussing BrokawNews legend Brokaw was apparently 'furious' when news of Williams' exaggerated war story claims embarrassed the network last month

SOLUTION:
'_ wants Williams’ head on a platter,' said an NBC source.