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: President Barack Obama gave Pope Francis a box of seeds as a gift, a fitting token as their first-ever meeting provided a fresh start of sorts between the administration and Catholic leadership after years of strained relations. "These, I think, are carrots," Obama told the Pontiff, showing him a pouch from the box, which was made from timber from the first cathedral to open in the United States, in Baltimore. The Pope gave the President two medallions -- one symbolizing the need for peace and solidarity between the two hemispheres -- and a copy of "Evangelii Gaudium," or "The Joy of the Gospel." The book was penned by the Pope and calls for a new era of evangelization and a renewed focus on the poor.The meeting is called a step toward smoothing tensions with CatholicsAbortion and Obamacare mandates on contraception are areas of disagreementOne place for common ground: the plight of immigrants and the poorPope Francis' popularity could give President Obama a small bump in the polls 
 Question:"One of the things that would delight _ is if some of that popularity would rub off.

SOLUTION: Barack Obama

PROBLEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top U.S. officials faced off Monday in dueling speeches on the high-stakes Iran nuclear negotiations, a signature foreign policy objective of President Barack Obama. 'Imagine what Iran would do with nuclear weapons,' he warned on Tuesday, saying that the Islamic republic is already training, arming and dispatching terrorists on five continents. Asked whether President Obama watched the speech, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters: 'I don’t believe that he did.' Netanyahu says a nuclear-capable Iran would have the means to achieve its stated goal of annihilating Israel. He listed a litany of instances when Israel has acted on its own, in defiance of the U.S., to protect itself.White House says Obama did not watch Netanyahu's speech on MondaySpeech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee meeting on Monday preceded his address to a Joint Meeting of CongressHouse Speaker John Boehner says 'we've had 10 times the number of requests for tickets than there are seats available in the gallery' on TuesdayWhite House sent Susan Rice and Samantha Power to rebut Netanyahu'Imagine what Iran would do with nuclear weapons,' Netanyahu warned as the US continues negotiations that could ultimately allow itHe suggested Israel might act against Iran on its own, listing times when it's defied the US to defend itselfPrime minister will speak to Congress Tuesday, but some Democrats are boycotting the event; he won't meet with Obama or Biden in Washington 
 Question:There will never be a sunset on America's commitment to _'s security.

SOLUTION: Israeli

PROBLEM: A Chinese mother who never gave up hope of finding her beloved son cried tears of joy as she was finally reunited with him - 26 years after child traffickers snatched the four-year-old from the street. Lan Mingxi's son Li Wei vanished in September 1989, taken from the street by two strangers who no one ever saw again. His disappearance left Mingxi distraught, and over the years she did all she could to find her little boy, writing nearly 10,000 letters and appearing on television countless times, always holding the only photo she had of Wei, taken when he was three years old.Lan Mingxi was reunited with her son Li Wei after decades of heartacheWrote 10,000 letters and appeared on TV numerous times trying to find himOnce pretended to be a businesswoman to enter a child traffickers houseAfter her daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia, she decided to try againShowed picture of Wei aged three - and one of his friends recognised itDNA tests proved it was Wei, who had no idea he had been snatched 
 Question:Delight: _, 53, had never given up hope - and the entire village turned up to celebrate the reunion.

SOLUTION:
Lan Mingxi

