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World Environment Day is held each year on June 5. It is one important way through which the United Nations (UN) stimulates (激发) worldwide awareness of the environment and get political attention and action. World Environment Day promotes ways to improve the earth's environment,such as protecting forests.

What do people do?

World Environment Day is celebrated in many ways in countries such as Kenya,New Zealand,Poland,Spain and the United States. Activities include concerts,tree planting,and clean-up campaigns. In many countries,this annuaK每年的) event is used to get political attention and action towards improving the environment.

Public life The UN World Environment Day is not a public holiday,so public life is not affected (影响) .

Background World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. It is hosted every year by a different city and honored with an international fair through the week of June 5.

Symbols The main colors for this event are natural colors. These colors are often softer shades of green,brown and blue. Images of the earths natural features,such as snowy mountains,clean beaches and unpolluted rivers are used to improve campaigns supporting the day.

() 1. What is NOT World Environment Days aim?

   A. Get political attention and action.

   B. Improve the earth's environment.

   C. Stimulate awareness of the environment.

   D. Give people a public holiday.

() 2. The underlined word “established” in the passage means .

   A. set up   B. looked up

   C. got up   D. turned up

() 3. What cannot be used to improve cam paigns supporting World Environment Day?

   A. The unpolluted rivers.

   B. The polluted lakes.

   C. The snowy mountains.

   D. The clean beaches.

() 4. What is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. World Environment Day will influence people's life.

   B. World Environment Day is held on July 5th every year.

   C. There aren^ many activities on World Environment Day.

   D. The important colors for World Environment Day are natural colors.

() 5. World Environment Day in 2015 was on.

   A. Tuesday   B. Thursday

   C. Friday   D. Sunday

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