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: She said her retirement would be filled with ‘normal’ things such as cooking her husband’s dinner, walking their two dobermans and tending to the vegetable patch. But even a woman as dedicated as Victoria Pendleton must have worried how long she could keep up a Stepford Wife routine. And sure enough, the queen of the velodrome is now back in the saddle – albeit not on a bicycle, but on a 1,200lb horse in an attempt to become a jump jockey. The 34-year-old – who competed in her first race last month, a charity event at Newbury on board the giant Mighty Mambo – has more rides pencilled in, and even hopes to challenge in the prestigious Foxhunter Chase, a race known as the ‘amateur Gold Cup’ at Cheltenham next March.Cyclist, 34, competed in her first horse race last month - a charity event at Newbury on board the giant Mighty MamboShe hopes to challenge in the prestigious Foxhunter Chase at CheltenhamThe Olympic gold medallist said: ‘My dad thinks I’m a bit crazy' 
 Question:_ was riding a bike by the time she was three, encouraged by her father Max, a keen amateur cyclist.

SOLUTION: Victoria Pendleton

PROBLEM: Disgraced former IMF chief and self-confessed 'sex addict' Dominique Strauss-Kahn has emerged as a favorite among voters to become the next president of France. The shamed economist has admitted to taking part in sordid global group sex sessions, and paid four million pounds to a New York hotel maid who accused him of rape. But a new survey has revealed he is still the second most popular left-wing potential president for the 2017 election - far ahead of current leader Francois Hollande. Pollsters Viavoice said 37 percent of those questioned thought Strauss-Kahn would be a good choice for the presidency, beaten only by the current prime minister Manuel Valls on 47 percent.Economist revealed as second most popular left-wing potential presidentShamed Strauss-Kahn is far ahead of current leader, Francoise HollandeAdmitted to having sordid sex sessions, while paid rape accuser £4mMore than one in three of those polled feel her would be a good president 
 Question:Strauss-_ was cleared of all charges after claiming in his defence that he never knew the girls up to 40 years his junior were prostitutes, and that he was just a 'simple swinger' whose only crime was giving in to his 'lustful urges'.

SOLUTION: Kahn

PROBLEM: The four sisters at the centre of Australia's largest abduction case have come through the ordeal as happy and well-adjusted children. Despite being embroiled in the very public and traumatic feud where the Vinceni girls were dragged kicking and screaming from their mother's home in the middle of the night to go back to live with their father in 2012, the girls have established healthy and happy lives in Italy and speak to their mum every night. 60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown interviewed the two eldest girls, Emily and Claire, who she described as elegant, gracious, reserved and studious, at their home near Florence and they expressed their regret for the way they handled the dramatic exit.Four sisters were at the centre of an international custody disputeVinceni girls were sent back to live with their father in Italy in 2012They were dragged kicking and screaming from their Sunshine Coast homeDistressing scenes were shown on TV causing great hysteria and concern60 Minutes exclusively interviewed the girls at their home near FlorenceThe two eldest, Emily and Claire, speak of their regret of dramatic exitTheir mother has not visited them in Italy but speaks to them everyday60 Minutes will screen nationally on Channel 9 at 8.30pm Sunday, April 12 
 Question:The four Vinceni girls miss _ and their mother, but they are happy and calm girls in contrast to the dramatic and hysterical scenes in which they were removed from Australia in late 2012.

SOLUTION:
Australia

