In front of the big Shibuya train station in Tokyo, there is a life-size bronze (青铜) statue of a dog. Even though the statue is very small when compared to the huge neon (霓虹灯) signs flashing, it isn’t
21 to find. It has been used as
22 since 1934 and today you will find hundreds of people waiting there for their friends to
23 —just look for the crowds（人群）.
Hachiko, an Akita dog, was born in 1923 and brought to Tokyo in 1924. His owner, Professor Eisaburo Uyeno and he were close friends that cannot be
24 right from the start. Each day Hachiko would go with his owner, a professor at the Imperial University, to Shibuya train station when he left for work. When he came back, the professor would always find the dog
25 waiting for him.
26 , the professor died suddenly at work in 1925 before he could return home.
27 Hachiko was still a young dog, the bond between him and his owner was very strong and he
28 to wait at the station every day. Sometimes, he would stay there for days at a time, though some believe that he kept returning because of the food he was given by street vendors. Over time he became a
29 sight to people going to and from work every day. In 1934, a statue of him was put
30 the station. In 1935, Hachiko died at the place he last saw his friend alive.
| 小题1: | | A．difficult | B．important | C．pleasant | D．polite |
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| 小题2: | | A．a parking place | B．a training center | | C．a starting line | D．a meeting point |
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| 小题3: | | A．leave | B．arrive | C．die | D．work |
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| 小题4: | | A．touched | B．separated | C．reached | D．moved |
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| 小题5: | | A．nervously | B．disappointedly | C．patiently | D．carefully |
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| 小题6: | | A．Sadly | B．Clearly | C．Luckily | D．Honestly |
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| 小题7: | | A．Because | B．Since | C．Although | D．Unless |
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| 小题8: | | A．decided | B．agreed | C．offered | D．continued |
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| 小题9: | | A．familiar | B．strange | C．comfortable | D．funny |
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| 小题10: | | A．inside | B．outside | C．behind | D．above |
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