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(3)The Louvre, or Louvre Museum, is one of the world's largest museums and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square meters (652,300 square feet). With more than 9.7 million visitors each year, the Louvre is the world's most visited museum.      The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as a fortress in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Then the building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. During the mid-1300s, King Charles had the building remolded, and he used it as his residence. In the mid-1500, the Louvre was again renovated on the orders of King Francis I. During the second renovation, the Louvre began to take on its present appearance. King Francis desired to transform the building into a great palace that could rival any of the great examples of Renaissance architecture in Italy, so he had the palace reconstructed and redecorated. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. Then the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, which broke out in 1789, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces.       The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The collection was increased under Napoleon’s command and the museum renamed the Musée Napoléon and under the king’s direction, two wings were added to the Louvre. After the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and gifts since the Third Republic. Then in 1984, a new project was begun whose purpose was to modernize the Louvre. As part of this project, an enormous glass pyramid was added to the courtyard of the building. This pyramid is now the main entrance to the museum.
60.The main purpose of this article is to _______.
(A)describe the beauty of the Louvre
(B)show how the Louvre has been developed
(C)convince the readers how popular the Louvre was in history
(D) compare the Louvre with other famous museums in the world

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答案：A
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(1),B(3),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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