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].

[EX Q]: (CNN) Russia, of late, has been demonstrating not only increased confidence in its own abilities and capabilities, but also a sense of urgency in being as well prepared as possible for open conflict. Russia's ramping up of hostile actions reflects not so much a disregard for its international reputation, as some commentators have suggested, as an urgent concern in Moscow at the prospect of impending conflict with the West. Each week brings startling new evidence of Russia's lack of restraint in pursuing its own security agenda. Opinions differ on the underlying objectives, but it is almost always a mistake to look for a single reason for Russian actions.Keir Giles: Each week brings new evidence of Russia's lack of restraint in pursuing its own security agendaRussia sees that it is already in conflict with the West in every domain except direct and deliberate military clashes, he says 
 Question:The move to overt, even blatant, intelligence gathering and probing for vulnerabilities has led to the activities of _ hackers, spies, submarines and satellites that previously were conducted in deep secrecy now being commonly reported in open media.
[EX A]: Russia

[EX Q]: (CNN) -- In June, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the proposed ground zero mosque, was asked on live radio if he believed Hamas is a terrorist organization. This isn't a difficult question: Hamas employs suicide bombers and fires incendiary rockets at civilian targets within Israel. It calls for the destruction of the Jewish state followed by the establishment of a potentially fundamentalist and repressive regime. Governments all over the world, including the United States and the European Union, rightfully consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization that willfully and indiscriminately targets innocent civilians. Yet Imam Rauf, after being asked this simple, straightforward question, refused to state whether or not he believed Hamas to be a terrorist organization. He said: "I will not allow anybody to put me in a position where I am seen by any party in the world as an adversary or as an enemy."Rick Lazio says the Imam behind the planned Islamic Center refused to call Hamas terroristLazio: Other associations also make him wary of center's funding sourcesHe says New Yorkers have a right to know where money is coming from to feel safeLazio: The state attorney general should request Cordoba Initiative open its books 
 Question:Now _ wants to build and lead a $100 million, 13-story community center and mosque.
[EX A]: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

[EX Q]: A cash-strapped widow has revealed how she has been left £1,200 in debt after being conned by her Italian lover who she met on Facebook. Disabled Chrissie Williams, 52, from Bath, took out a loan and pawned her wedding ring in order to bail out Matteo Pozzelli (not his real name) after he said he'd had a run of bad luck financially. She discovered she had been conned after giving him more money for a flight from Africa - where claimed he was working on an oil rig - to fly to the UK to meet her. As the grandmother-of-seven, who is unemployed and on disability benefits due to a chronic bowel problem, was waiting for her lover to arrive, one of his 'friends' called with 'bad news'.Widow Chrissie Williams, 52, met toyboy over FacebookKept asking for money as he was in financial difficultyShe took pity on him and even pawned her wedding ring to helpEventually discovered she had been 'sucked in' by conman£1,200 out of pocket, she shares her story to warn others 
 Question:It was a few days before Chrissie heard from _ again.
[EX A]:
Matteo Pozzelli

