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         In front of Shibuya train station in Tokyo, there is a life-size bronze statue of a dog. It has been used as a meeting point since 1934 and today you can see hundreds of people waiting there for their friends to arrive.
        Hachiko, an Akita dog, was born in 1923 and brought to Tokyo in 1924. His owner was Professor Eisaburo Uyeno, also his best friend right from the start. Each day Hachiko would accompany his owner to Shibuya train station when he left for work. When he came back, the professor would always find the dog waiting for him. Sadly, the professor died at work in 1925 before he went home. Hachiko didn’t know his owner was dead and he kept waiting at the station every day. Sometimes, he would stay there for several days, though some people believe that he kept going back to the station because of the food he was given by street vendors.
      As time went by, he was known to people who often went to the train station. In 1934, a statue of him was put outside the station. In 1935, Hachiko died at the place where he last saw his friend alive.
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【題組】39. What can we know from this reading?
(A) The statue of Hachiko was set up after he died.
(B) Hachiko’s owner went to work on foot every day.
(C) The dog’s owner moved to another city and left him inthe town.
(D) People who go to Shibuya train station often meet atthe statue.