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: A chronic shortage of nearly 50,000 lorry drivers across every corner of Britain will cause vital deliveries to shops and businesses to seize up well before Christmas, haulage leaders warned today as they published new figures. The Road Haulage Association is today writing to the Prime Minister David Cameron demanding government intervention to help with the ‘chronic truck driver shortage’, which they argue is having ‘a profound affect’ on the UK’s supply chain. The RHA also said that the economic recovery risks being ‘stalled’ by the delivery driver shortage. ‘There is a national truck driver shortage, estimated to be in the region of 45,000 thousand. And with over 35,000 thousand existing drivers due to retire in the next two years, the situation is deteriorating fast, ‘ the RHA said.The Road Haulage Association said there is a 45,000 driver shortfallIt said the £3,000 cost of training to be a truck driver is a 'serious barrier'It called on the Government to invest £150m in driver training in the budget

SOLUTION: RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: ‘The RHA represents _ hauliers who, between them, operate over 100,000 heavy goods vehicles.

PROBLEM: Chelsea are making contingency plans as Jose Mourinho fears an injury to Asmir Begovic could ruin their season. Blues staff have started devising emergency measures in case the Bosnian keeper is injured or suspended. As it stands Begovic is Chelsea's only recognised senior goalkeeper with first-choice Thibaut Courtois out with a long-term knee injury. And the consequences of losing Begovic have not escaped diligent Mourinho. Mourinho has started compiling a list of potential targets in case the worst-case scenario occurs. The shock name on that list is Manchester United outcast Victor Valdes, who is out of favour at Old Trafford.Chelsea have just one senior goalkeeper, Asmir Begovic, availableThibaut Courtois is currently ruled out with a long-term knee injuryJose Mourinho thinks injury or suspension to Begovic could derail seasonManchester United's unwanted Victor Valdes is on Mourinho's listStaff have begun devising contingency plans should the worst occurPremier League news: CLICK HERE for all the latest

SOLUTION: _, however, would require the Premier League's approval to make an emergency loan signing outside the transfer window.

PROBLEM: As a spring breeze wafted into his trench French commander Georges Lamour saw something surreal drift his way - a yellow-green cloud. 'All my trenches are choked,' he cried into the field telephone to headquarters. 'I am falling myself!' Chlorine gas — carried by favourable winds over Flanders Fields from German positions — had been used for the first time. It was April 22, 1915. Scroll down for video Chlorine gas — carried by favourable winds over Flanders Fields from German positions — sowed terror and agony for the first time on April 22, 1915. Above, German Red Cross workers carry bottles of water to help revive troopsGerman forces launched first attack using gas on April 22, 1915150,000 tons of gas were used by German and Allied forces in WW1Around one million soldiers were exposed to gas and 90,000 killedProhibition of Chemical Weapons organisation to hold memorial event

SOLUTION:
Had they been able to peer a bit further across no-man's land they would have seen how _ troops had dug in, under cover of night, more than 5,000 gas cylinders with tubes pointing their way.