碧昂丝说唱MV刷爆网络，拉高卢浮宫人气
The Louvre museum in Paris set a new visitor record of 10.2 million in 2018. It marked a 25% rise in visitors over the previous year, beating the previous record of 9.7 million visitors in 2012. The Louvre has managed to maintain its high numbers of young visitors — more than 50% are under 30 — and was helped by the success of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s video for Apeshit last summer, which was shot in the museum and featured key works. It includes the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, and Jacques Louis David’s masterpiece, The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Josephine.
The video, viewed more than 150 million times online, was a great success and led the museum to create a special visitor guide based on the video. “It’s clear that 2018 was a remarkable year for the international reputation of the Louvre,” the museum’s director, Jean Luc Martinez, told French radio.
“The Beyonce video, like the opening of the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, ensured that the Louvre was talked about across the world, and one of the consequences of that is the spectacular rise in visitor numbers last year.” The museum’s success in 2018 was also helped by major exhibitions, in particular a spectacular retrospective of the 19th century artist Eugène Delacroix.
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1.How many visitors did the Louvre museum reach in 2017?
A 9.7 million.
B 8.16 million.
C 10.2 million.
D 2.04 million.
解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第一段第一句The Louvre museum in Paris set a new visitor record of 10.2 million in 2018. It marked a 25% rise in visitors over the previous year可知，2018年巴黎卢浮宫的参观人数为10.2百万，较2017年增长了25%,那么2017年的人数为1020÷（1+25%）=8.16百万，故选B。
2.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “remarkable” in the second paragraph?
A 失败的.
B 精彩的.
C 非凡的.
D 有趣的.
解析：选C。词意猜测题。根据第二段was a great success and led the museum to create a special visitor guide based on the video可知，这部MV大获成功，促使卢浮宫根据这部MV创建了一条特殊的导览线路，因此对于卢浮宫的国际声誉来说，2018年是不平凡的一年，故选C。
3.Which sentence is NOT true according to the passage?
A The video Apeshit is only created by Beyonce.
B More than 50% of the visitors from Louvre museum are under 30.
C Beyonce and Jay-Z’s video were viewed more than 150 million times online.
D Beyonce’ video was a great success in increasing the number of visitors.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第三句and was helped by the success of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s video for Apeshit last summer可知，Apeshit是碧昂丝和杰斯共同完成的视频，故选A。
4.Why could the number of visitors in Louvre museum rise last year?
A Because of its beautiful building.
B Because of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
C Because of Jacques Louis David’s masterpiece.
D Because of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s video and some major exhibitions.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句The Beyonce video, like the opening of the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, ensured that the Louvre was talked about across the world以及最后一句The museum’s success in 2018 was also helped by major exhibitions可知，卢浮宫博物馆人气增加得益于碧昂丝的视频以及大型展览，故选D。