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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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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 
 Questions:Those finalists all sent representatives to _ in August to present their case to a group of peer reviewers. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Florida (D) Georgia (E) Hawaii (F) Maryland (G) Massachusetts (H) New York (I) North Carolina (J) Ohio (K) Rhode Island (L) Race to the Top (M) Arne Duncan (N) Obama
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(A)


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(CNN) Authorities missed an opportunity a decade ago to stop a key ISIS operative thought to be behind the Paris and Brussels attacks, a former Belgian intelligence officer says. Instead, Andre Jacob, who at the time was the head of the anti-terrorism unit for Belgian intelligence, says that Oussama Atar, believed by French authorities to be the elusive "Abu Ahmad," was incarcerated in multiple Iraqi detention centers where he became further radicalized. The Belgian-Moroccan national, now 32, would years later introduce his own family -- including his cousins, the El Bakraoui brothers who carried out the Brussels attacks -- to his extremist ideologies, according to French and Belgian authorities.Oussama Atar is wanted by authorities in connection with Paris, Brussels terror attacksAndre Jacob, a retired anti-terror expert met him in 2006; says there was an opportunity to stop Atar a decade ago 
 Questions:He says _ explained his injuries were the result of experimenting with grenades but insisted he was not taking part in military training. (A) CNN (B) ISIS (C) Paris (D) Brussels (E) Belgian (F) Andre Jacob (G) Oussama Atar (H) French (I) Abu Ahmad (J) Iraqi (K) Moroccan (L) El Bakraoui
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(G)


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(CNN) Canada's got its own reality TV star vying for the nation's top job. Kevin O'Leary, the business man-turned-reality TV star, announced Wednesday that he will stand in the now 14-person race to lead Canada's Conservative party. The winner will likely challenge current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the country's 2019 federal elections. "Canadians need a Prime Minister with a smart plan to kick start the economy; a Prime Minister who supports small businesses, who will fight for hard working Canadians and will stop wasting our money," O'Leary said in a statement on why he's running. Canada's Trump? The similarities between Trump and O'Leary, who is now the chairman of O'Shares Exchange Traded Funds, are undeniable on the surface.Kevin O'Leary stars in TV reality show "Shark Tank"He's critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's management of the economy 
 Questions:"Even if there is a population that wants _ and is amenable to his style -- and there certainly is -- the fact that you have to have a membership is going to make a big difference," Moscrop says. (A) CNN (B) Canada (C) Kevin O'Leary (D) Conservative (E) Justin Trudeau (F) Canadians (G) Trump (H) O'Shares Exchange Traded Funds (I) Shark Tank
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(C)


