2 . Five years ago. a fire burned Vivienne Palmer's house to the ground and turned all her things to ash She was depressed, but later, a surprising state of _______ set in.

"After _______ the shock. I would think that since it's _______ , let go of it. It felt amazingly free of mind.” Palmer says. Now. she looks around her destroyed_______and wants to get that _______ again. Her plan is to let go of at least ten things every day for a year. That means she must make a total of 3.650 donated or sold _______ a year.

A friend _______ her not to set herself up for failure because that was too much for her.

But Palmer is struggling against the _______ . Everything is a game from the practical thing, such as a large number of   plastic forks and knives she has _______from all her take-out （外卖） orders, to the ________ things, such as the rabbit costumes she made for her young sons for Halloween one year. "You just have to be very ________. she says.

Now, some plastic bags, six tablecloths, four toy monkeys and a toy dog have been ________ .Her husband wants to ________the toy dog because he thinks it's cool.

To keep herself ________, Palmer posts images of her goods on her blog, where she ________ away many things free. And it feels ________

Beyond keeping peace of mind, there's another ________: By selling some items online. Palmer hopes to ________ enough money to arranged family vacation to Southeast Asia.

“Everything is ________ in my mind：There's the writing, the trip, my wanting to make, money and create a new good habit," Palmer say. It's a hug ________, but its inspiring. And I can't think of anything I'd rather do more.

3 . 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 an index of the world's most-visited museums.

But the Louvre's uptick (小幅上升) in visitors is_____ too much for many of its workers, _____ by reception and security staff over the number of tourists______ through its doors have hit opening hours throughout the week.

"The Louvre is suffocating (令人窒的)," the workers union said in a statement. "The public has increased by more than 20% since 2009, but the palace has not grown,"it_____.

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_______ , 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 played into 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.