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.
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Question: (CNN) The proportion of Zika-related birth defects during 2016 was nearly 20 times higher than the number seen during the pre-Zika years, according to a new report from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In particular, brain abnormalities or microcephaly, where a baby's head size is smaller than expected, occurred about 33 times as often in pregnancies with Zika infections than in the pre-Zika years. Zika, a virus transmitted primarily by mosquitoes and unprotected sex, has been spreading around the globe with locally transmitted cases in the US were first reported in Florida and Texas during 2016. Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent infection.Brain abnormalities or microcephaly occurred about 33 times as often in pregnancies with Zika infectionsNew report is based on data from surveillance programs in three US states 
 Questions:"Other data has shown us the highest risk is the first trimester and early in the second trimester but we don't think there's any safe time in pregnancy to be exposed to _ virus infection," said Honein. (A) Zika (B) United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C) US (D) Florida (E) Texas

Answer: (A)


Question: The team with the lowest transfer outlay this season rose unassumingly into eighth place on Wednesday night. Stoke City beat Everton, to nobody’s great surprise, and look on course for their best Premier League finish yet – a year after their last. Mark Hughes really should be in the running for those annual accolades saluting success amid all this. Manager of the Year? Quite possibly. Mark Hughes looks on with a smile as his Stoke City side cruise to a 2-0 win over Everton on Wednesday He has signed with remarkable shrewdness, shaped his players into a cohesive style, and overcome the set-backs of regular injuries to key players to guide Stoke to 42 points after 28 games.Stoke City beat Everton 2-0 to move up to eighth in the Premier LeagueStoke on course to better their highest ever Premier League finish (9th)Stoke spent just £1.2m on players last summer, less than any other clubMark Hughes in contention to be named Manager of the YearCLICK HERE for all the latest Stoke City news 
 Questions:But when _ have suffered injuries it has not provoked a sudden splurge. (A) Stoke City (B) Everton (C) Premier League (D) Mark Hughes (E) Manager of the Year

Answer: (A)


Question: An Alabama woman on trial for murder in her granddaughter's death called out the child's name time after time as the girl lay on the ground after collapsing, but didn't tell medics the girl had run for hours, according to evidence presented on Tuesday. Joyce Hardin Garrard, 49, is heard repeatedly calling the name of 9-year-old Savannah Hardin in the more than 11-minute 911 recording played in an otherwise silent courtroom. The child's stepmother, Jessica Mae Hardin, told the 911 operator the girl had a seizure. Garrard talked in the background. Jurors heard a 911 during which Joyce Hardin Garrard didn't tell medics that she had made the girl had run for hours and could also be heard asking for 'a smoke' while the child was unconsciousSavannah Hardin, 9, died three years ago from a seizure that occured while her grandmother Joyce Garrard, 49, was forcing her to run as punishmentGarrard is currently on trail and accused of murderWitness Jolie Jacobs testified that Savannah was crying and begging to stop before she collapsedShe also told the court that she heard Garrard striking the child and described as 'skin on skin'Jurors heard a 911 during which Garrard didn't tell medics that she had made the girl had run for hoursGarrard can also be heard on the recording asking for 'a smoke' while the child was unconscious 
 Questions:'She was throwing up while she was trying to get water,' _ testified. (A) Alabama (B) Joyce Hardin Garrard (C) Savannah Hardin (D) Jessica Mae Hardin (E) Garrard (F) Joyce Garrard (G) Jolie Jacobs (H) Savannah

Answer:
(G)


