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: On Monday it was announced that Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has signed a lifetime contract with Nike. It is believed to be the first deal American sportwear giant's kind, with the 30-year-old's contract worth up to $500million (£333m). Sportsmail assesses what does the enormity of the four-time MVP's deal with Nike now means for those concerned. Nike's eye-watering deal to James' is based on the assumption that he will stay scandal-free throughout the rest of his career, as well as have staying power in the many years of his life when he is no longer an active player. The sportswear company will probably base their James' model on the success of their partnership with Michael Jordan.LeBron James has signed a lifetime contract with apparel giant NikeHe previously signed a contract with Nike before graduating high schoolJames has won two NBA titles and two Olympic golds during his career30-year-old's signature Nike shoe set to surpass $400m (£265m) for 2015 
 Question:His global appeal from his on-court success alone means he is often compared to _ in the debate of who is the greatest-ever basketball player.

SOLUTION: Michael Jordan

PROBLEM: Mark Hughes has insisted he will have significant money to spend this summer if required – and told Asmir Begovic he can fulfil his ambitions at Stoke City. The Stoke manager has kept the club's chequebook largely in his pocket since taking over in May 2013 but said he would splash out when the right player became available. Signing Begovic to a new contract is a priority given the Bosnia goalkeeper will be entering the final year of his current deal. Stoke City manager Mark Hughes is confident he will have money to spend in the summer transfer window Hughes wants goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to agree a new contract at the Britannia StadiumStoke manager Mark Hughes has a net spend of around £6millionHe is confident the club will back him in this summer's transfer windowHughes hopes to tie down No 1 goalkeeper Asmir BegovicThe ex-Portsmouth stopper is out of contract at the end of next season 
 Question:A host of clubs may decide to make a move for _, 27, who is set to open talks over extending his Stoke stay once the season is over.

SOLUTION: Asmir Begovic

PROBLEM: An extraordinary cache of intimate letters by Lucian Freud, kept secret for more than 70 years, reveals for the first time details of his close relationship with the 1930s poet Stephen Spender. The correspondence was locked away by Spender’s family because it was deemed too revealing about the two men, with strong suggestions of homosexuality between the poet, then in his 30s, and the teenage Freud. Homosexuality at that time was not only taboo, it was illegal. The letters were released by the Spender family following the death in 2010 of the poet’s widow Natasha, who always insisted that her husband’s ‘homosexual phase’ ended with her marriage to him in 1941. They are being sold at Sotheby’s next month for £35,000.Letters were released by Spender's family following the death of his widowExperts say they confirm a homosexual relationship between the two menNow letters are set to be auctioned at Sotherby's next month for £35,000 
 Question:_, especially as a young man, was the kind of young man that my father would be incredibly attracted to.

SOLUTION:
Lucian Freud

