There were many great philosophers in ancient China, 【小题1】 states were often at war with each other.

Confucius, who 【小题2】 (bear) in 551 BC and died in 479 BC, was the greatest philosopher. He stressed the importance of kindness, duty and order in society. Chinese society has been 【小题3】 (great) influenced by these ideas for more than 2,000 years.

Mencius, whose teachings were similar to 【小题4】 of Confucius, was a student of Confucius’s idea. He believed that man was good by nature and that people were more important 【小题5】 rulers. He wrote a book in his last years 【小题6】 (name) The Book of Mencius.

Mozi, who lived during the same period, was also an 【小题7】 (influence) philosopher. In some ways, his 【小题8】 (believe) was similar to Confucius’s. As a result, he spent many years trying 【小题9】 (find) a state where people would follow his teachings. Mozi believed that all men should be treated equally. His idea of love 【小题10】 (different) from the Confucian idea of kindness. Mozi founded the philosophy called Mohism.

Marie Kondo is 【小题1】 internationally known expert on cleaning. Her first book, called the “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” 【小题2】 (publish) in Japanese in 2011. 【小题3】 has sold more than 10 million copies in more than 40 countries.

Yet fans want more help and 【小题4】 (inform). So Kondo is launching a television show ‘a team of workers who will visit clients’ homes, and a set of special paper boxes 【小题5】 (keep) things organized. A set of three costs $89.

Kondo says the boxes were not part of her 【小题6】 (origin) idea. In her book about tidying up, she gave two main pieces of advice. First, keep only things that give you joy. Second, store those things in places they can be 【小题7】 (easy) reached and put away.

Kondo did not tell readers to get special containers 【小题8】 their things. Instead, she suggested people use containers they already had, such as shoe boxes.

But fans still ask Kondo 【小题9】 kinds of containers they need to achieve her special way of organizing. So Kondo recently appeared in New York City to launch her new boxes. They are about the shape and size of shoe boxes. They are colored light pink, gray, brown and purple. The insides are painted with designs such as a tree branch dotted with small white flowers.

Kondo says the idea behind the boxes is not to hide things. 【小题10】, it is to make the things inside feel happy.

Gandhi, 【小题1】 Indian national hero, was known as the father of the Indian nation. He 【小题2】(look) up to by the Indians.

He was born in India in 1869. 【小题3】(follow) the local custom, he got married at the age of 13. In 1888, he set sail 【小题4】 England, where he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case. In South Africa, 【小题5】 surprised him most was that the racial discrimination there was serious, so he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight for equal rights. Gandhi returned to India in 1915, 【小题6】 India was controlled by the British. He 【小题7】(lead) the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule. In a political movement, many Indians, Gandhi 【小题8】(include), were put in prison. However, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give in and India won its 【小题9】(depend) in 1947. 【小题10】(fortune), Gandhi was shot dead by a person who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.