短文填空
When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of people____ (walk) with dogs. It is still true that the dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world. But the reasons why people keep a dog____(change). In the old days, people used to train dogs to protect themselves against the attacks from____beasts. And later they came____( realize) that the dog was not only useful____willing to obey its master. For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat what they caught without____(permit). But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then? Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery, but the ____(important) reason is for companionship. For a child,____dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with; for a young couple, a dog is ____child when they have no children; for old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people keep dogs has changed____protection to friendship.
