I will always remember my first day at the University of Lagos. On arrival at the campus, I was expecting to be met by some tired students(as was practiced in my secondary school), 1 every student around was new like myself. I asked the way to the multi-purpose hall but no one could tell me. I asked a number of questions about issues(担心的事）that 2 me, such as where and how to pay my fees, the way to the dining hall and so on, but no 3 was offered. “So in the midst of so many people I am all 4 ” I thought to myself. The prospect(前景) was not 5 at all and all the pleasure I had felt at 6 into a famous university at seventeen began to disappear.

    Then as if 7 by an unknown force, I walked a little bit down the corridor in the direction of a notice board which some boys and girls were 8at. Because of 9of something to do, I decided to stop and look at the notice board. Yes! I happened on the 10to all riddles that had 11 me since I set foot on the campus that morning. On the board there was a big campus 12, on which I was able to 13 the multi-purpose hall and all the other places. There were 14 details of various activities for freshmen and a comprehensive list of those offered admission into various courses.

    How enjoyable it was to see the light of knowledge, having been wandering（徘徊） in the darkness of 15. Even then I was not able to 16 the thought that though I could not be sure how much of the responsibility（责任）was mine, the fact that I didn't pay attention to the notice board had 17 caused my initial problems. I learnt from that incident（发生的事） 18 unforgettable that was very useful to me throughout my stay in the university, namely（即, 也就是）the 19 of reading notice board and handbooks if one is to be well 20 about places and events in the university.

    There was a football game on our school football field last week. We played 1 a team from a country school. They didn't come 2 the last minute. They looked worse than we thought. They were wearing 3 clothes and looked like farm boys. We were sure we must be the 4 because we were always the best.

    We found in 5 that they did much better than us after the game began. They 6 their best and they always played as a team. But we didn't. Finally, we 7 the game and we all felt unhappy.

    We thought much 8 the game. We're too proud(骄傲). We're good players, but we can't 9 win. For us, the most important 10 is; One can't judge(判断) a person only by his clothes. We'll never forget the game!

    A photographer called Rienermann spent half a year with her head in the clouds—taking pictures of every letter of the alphabet in the spaces among1.

    In her spare time the talented2often walks in the streets of Barcelona, looking up at the sky.

    One day, she3the letter "q" in the city. The letter had been formed by the curve of a pretty square and the narrow4that leads people into it. She quickly took it in her5. She thought maybe she could find the other letters in the alphabet, so she6.

    It took her six months from "q" to all the letters. Her strange7have been put into a book called Type the Sky. She said, "Barcelona is beautiful anyway- especially the old part of the town with the8streets.

    Every time you9you can only see a small part of the sky and nothing else because there are houses on each side.

    She added, "I tried it in Berlin, but it didn't10because the houses and streets are too far apart."

    Her work is receiving more and more attention now.

    Jim is the son of a farm owner. On New Year's Day, when he was 15 years old, his father 1 him to work on the farm for one year at his free time. Jim was 2 with his father's idea. "That isn't my job. I have 3 school work to do." At hearing this, his father said, "I promise(答应) to give you the best present if you 4 finish one year's work." Jim thought for a while and 5.

    Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked 6 until evening, just like any other farmer.

    Time passed 7. Jim's crops grew very well. On the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. "I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year," said the father. "Now, tell me 8 you want."

    The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat. "I've already got the 9 present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted me to 10."