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: San Francisco (CNN) -- As Nokia prepares for its next crucial venture into the U.S. and high-end smartphones, the Finnish cell-phone maker is missing a crucial piece: an abundant catalog of applications. Nokia is attempting to woo app developers with such incentives as pre-installing their software on the forthcoming phone, prominent promotion for their products and funding development of an app, according to three people involved in the negotiations. A vibrant app store has become a major selling point to smartphone customers. In the past, Nokia, which sells the highest volume of mobile phones worldwide, has made efforts to work with some creators of apps for its platforms. A Nokia spokeswoman said the company offers app developers a variety of incentives, some in partnership with Microsoft, which include coding assistance and marketing. "We do not disclose these arrangements, as each is different," she said. Microsoft declined to comment for this story.Nokia is offering to pay developers to make apps for its new phone, sources saySuch payments from phone manufacturers are unusualMicrosoft did something similar last year, but its Windows Phone app catalog is still lackingNokia is set to launch its first Windows phone by the end of the year, sources say 
 Questions:I had to get on the phone with _ just to get my app published." (A) San Francisco (B) CNN (C) Nokia (D) U.S. (E) Finnish (F) Microsoft (G) Windows Phone (H) Windows

SOLUTION: (F)

PROBLEM: A real estate investment trust (REIT) that's considering getting out of the snow business could end up making the largest single ski resort transaction in the sport's history. CNL Lifestyle Properties owns more than a dozen ski resorts from Maine to California that are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. If CNL sells all of its 16 properties to one buyer, industry officials say it would be the biggest real estate transaction in the history of skiing. Scroll down for video CNL Lifestyle Properties owns more than a dozen ski resorts like Sunday River in Maine (pictured above)CNL Lifestyle Properties could sell off all the properties it owns in one dealFirm owns resorts such as Sugarloaf in Maine and Brighton in UtahBesides selling the resorts off in one deal, other options include a private buyout or a listing on a publicly traded exchangeThe investment trust anticipates having an 'exit strategy' by December 31Whether resorts are sold or not, skiing experience should remain similar 
 Questions:There's only one other REIT that's a big player in the ski industry besides _. (A) REIT (B) CNL Lifestyle Properties (C) Maine (D) California (E) Sunday River (F) Sugarloaf (G) Brighton (H) Utah

SOLUTION: (B)

PROBLEM: There were furious scenes in the Greek parliament today as politicians ripped up papers outlining the terms of the country's €86 billion bailout deal and threw them at Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Politicians gathered in Athens this afternoon to debate the draconian reforms Tsipras agreed to implement during crunch overnight talks with eurozone leaders earlier this week. The harsh austerity measures Greece would have to put in place to release the bailout fund have been widely condemned, with even the International Monetary Fund branding them unfair. As a midnight deadline looms for Greek MPs to vote on whether to accept the controversial plans, it now looks increasingly likely that Tsipras' own hard left Syriza party will reject them, after more than half of the party's members slammed the deal, branding it 'humiliating' and 'destructive'.Tsipras agreed to harsh austerity terms as part of an €86 billion bailoutHad a deal not been struck, Greece faced crashing out of the EurozoneBut many in ruling Syriza party are furious at way PM handled negotiationsIMF condemned bailout, saying Greek debt will reach 'unsustainable' 200% 
 Questions:The eurozone is also set to extend the time frame over which _ pays back its debt. (A) Greek (B) Alexis Tsipras (C) Athens (D) Tsipras (E) International Monetary Fund (F) Syriza (G) Eurozone (H) IMF

SOLUTION:
(A)

