2 . It’s once again been declared the world’s most popular museum. _________, it may not be a _________ thing for the Louvre (卢浮宫) in Paris.
The museum broke its own _________ in 2018, welcoming 10.2 million _________ and claiming the top spot in the world’s most-visited museums.
But the Louvre’s uptick (小幅上升) in visitors _________ too much for many of its workers, causing _________ by reception and security staff over the number of tourists _________ through its doors.
“The Louvre is suffocating (令人窒息的),” the workers union said in a statement. “The public has increased by more than 20% since 2009, but the palace has not grown,” the union _________.
The museum was _________ on Monday and opened later than advertised on Wednesday, due to a __________ with the dissatisfied workers. Visitors have __________ outside the building throughout the week, and those without bookings have been __________.
Although tensions with its workers still __________, the museum’s bottom line is looking __________. The Louvre broke its 2012 __________ record last year, marking a dramatic __________ from a sharp downturn in visits in 2017 that was due to a sudden decrease in __________ in Paris.
The social media that are __________ about Beyoncé and Jay Z’s music __________ filmed at the museum may have contributed to that increase.
But while visitor numbers rose at the Louvre, overall attendance was relatively __________ among the top 20 museums in the world last year. Attendance grew among the top 20 by just 0.1% from 2017 to 2018.
1. | A．Moreover | B．However | C．Finally | D．Eventually |
2. | A．splendid | B．skeptical | C．tough | D．sad |
3. | A．promise | B．rule | C．record | D．law |
4. | A．musicians | B．artists | C．visitors | D．volunteers |
5. | A．accuses | B．suffers | C．blames | D．proves |
6. | A．strikes | B．recognition | C．misery | D．contests |
7. | A．flooding | B．jumping | C．crawling | D．slipping |
8. | A．stopped | B．added | C．started | D．paused |
9. | A．decorated | B．repaired | C．visited | D．closed |
10. | A．lecture | B．meeting | C．speech | D．lesson |
11. | A．queued | B．dined | C．helped | D．served |
12. | A．turned up | B．turned over | C．turned away | D．turned on |
13. | A．die out | B．pay off | C．fade away | D．go on |
14. | A．healthy | B．funny | C．odd | D．restless |
15. | A．quality | B．attendance | C．photo | D．worker |
16. | A．alarm | B．attack | C．recovery | D．prediction |
17. | A．paintings | B．products | C．population | D．tourism |
18. | A．innocent | B．selfish | C．crazy | D．generous |
19. | A．concert | B．video | C．festival | D．industry |
20. | A．high | B．huge | C．round | D．flat |
