Kofi Atta Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and the winner of Nobel Peace Prize died 【小题1】 the age of 80. Annan, who was born in Ghana in 1938, served as the 【小题2】(seven) UN Secretary-General, from 1997 to 2006, and was the first 【小题3】 (rise) from within the ranks of the United Nations staff. Annan 【小题4】( award) the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the United Nations in 2001 for their work for a better organized and more easeful world.

Annan was the chief architect of 【小题5】 became known as the Millennium Development Goals, and played a central role in 【小题6】( create) The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the UN' s first counter-terrorism strategy.

Annan kept connections to many international 【小题7】( organize). He was president of the University of Ghana, a fellow at New York 's Columbia University, and the professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.

Former President George W. Bush released 【小题8】 statement saying, " Laura and I send our sympathies to Nane and the Annan family on the passing of Kofi Annan. He was a gentle man and a 【小题9】 (tire) leader of the United Nations. 【小题10】 (he) voice of experience will be missed around the world."

Mohandas Gandhi is called the national father of India.That’s because he fought for India to get

He 【小题2】(educated) in law at University College London in 1891. After graduation, he became a   【小题3】(law). Two years later,he went to South Africa【小题4】he worked for an Indian company and offered some guidance to the company for its legal problems.While in South Africa, he found himself treated【小题5】 (fair).

During the twenty years in South Africa, Gandhi was sentenced【小题6】prison for many times. In 1896, after he was attacked by white South Africans, Gandhi began to teach the Indians a way of non-cooperation with the South African government.

In the following years Gandhi became a leader in many fights. He played【小题7】active part in starting his movement of non-violence against Great Britain.In order to get economic independence, all of the Indians refused【小题8】(buy) British goods.It was Gandhi【小题9】helped the Indians to develop native Indian industries. He devoted himself to【小题10】 (fight ) for equal rights for Indians.

Du Fu (712—770) is 【小题1】 (consider) to be one of the greatest poets of the Tang Dynasty in China.His mother died in his early childhood and his aunt helped to raise him.Du Fu studied hard for the civil service exam to become a civil servant like his father, 【小题2】he failed to pass and spent many years travelling.His early poems combined incidents from his travels   【小题3】the hardships he experienced.

Du Fu   【小题4】 (appoint) registrar (登记员) in the prince’s palace, but the Ah Lushan Rebellion (叛乱) of 755 prevented him from 【小题5】 (occupy) the post.The rebellion, 【小题6】lasted for nearly eight years, severely disrupted Chinese society.In these years, he struggled for life, writing 【小题7】 (poem) about the events he witnessed.

Du Fu 【小题8】 (final) moved to Sichuan, where he lived in a cottage and wrote many poems describing his relatively happy life.His last years were spent moving from place to place, including 【小题9】two-year period at Kuizhou.He is described as a poet-historian, and his works record many 【小题10】 (politics) and social events.