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. 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].
PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) -- The District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island are all to receive a portion of the $3.4 billion remaining in the "Race to the Top" fund for education in those states. "We had many more competitive applications than money to fund them in this round," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday. "Race to the Top" is an Obama administration initiative to award money to states that show that they have a plan for school reforms in four main areas: turning around low performing schools, adopting college and career ready standards, effective teachers and principals, and using data systems to support student achievement.Nine states plus the District of Columbia are winnersEach will receive a portion of $3.4 billionWinners had to show they have plans for school reforms 
 Question:Those finalists all sent representatives to _ in August to present their case to a group of peer reviewers.

SOLUTION: Washington

PROBLEM: A British army officer who realised she was transgender during a tour of Afghanistan at the age of 25 has posted images from her hospital bed after undergoing the final stages of her transition. Hannah Winterbourne, 28, who is now the army's Transgender Representative, has documented the journey she's undergone to reassign her gender, posting images and messages to followers. Cardiff-based Hannah, who first came out as transgender in 2012, underwent sex reassignment surgery (SRS) on October 29 and has been recovering in hospital since. On the day of her operation she posted an emotive message entitled 'Today is the day' with a poem about a 'new future' posted beneath it.Transgender British army officer Hannah Winterbourne, 28, has been tweeting from her hospital bed after undergoing reassignment surgeryWinterbourne came out in 2012 at 25 after serving in AfghanistanHas received support from high profile friends including Jack Monroe 
 Question:Several days later, she tweeted: '4 days since my lower surgery (SRS) & I am filming a Q&A session on what _ means to me.'

SOLUTION: SRS

PROBLEM: (CNN) Republican candidate Donald Trump has a woman problem. Last week, for example: His campaign manager was arrested on assault charges after allegedly grabbing a female reporter; then, Trump infamously told an interviewer that women who have illegal abortions must be punished, quickly retracted the statement and ended up calling in his ex-wife Ivana to try to dig him out of his gender free-for-all. If she still likes him, then why can't we? The numbers are less forgiving than a former spouse, it appears, and Tuesday night's loss in Wisconsin may suggest that Trump's once insurmountable drive to the nomination is wavering.Juliette Kayyem: GOP-leaning "Security Moms" demographic could be area where Donald Trump improves his standingShe says post-9/11, the group has been key in elections, making it tempting for GOP candidates to woo them by playing to fearsKayyem: Clinton can gain their vote by acknowledging their fears and taking a more reasoned approach to keeping America safe 
 Question:Only _, as a mother and grandmother, can speak to the emotional fear for the safety of our children that animates so many women voters.

SOLUTION:
Clinton

