201112If you know where to find a good plastic-free shampoo, can you tell Jeanne Haegele? Last September, the 28-year-old Chicago resident _62_ to cut plastics out of her life. The marketing coordinator was concerned about _63_ the chemicals coming out of some common types of plastic might be doing to her body. She was also worried about the damage all the plastic _64_ was doing to the environment. So she _65_ on her bike and rode to the nearest grocery store to see what she could find that didnt _66_ plastic. I went in and _67_ bought anything, Haegele says. She did _68_ some canned food and a carton (纸盒) of milk to discover later that both containers were _70_ with plastic resin (树脂). Plastic, she says, just seemed like it was in everything.Shes right. Back in the 1960s, plastic was well _71_ its way to becoming a staple of American life. The U.S. produced 28 million tons of plastic waste in 2005 27 million tons of which _72_ in landfills (垃圾填埋场). Our food and water come _73_ in plastic. Its used in our phones and our computers, the cars we drive and the planes we ride in. But the _74_ adaptable substance has its dark side. Environmentalists feel worried about the petroleum needed to make it. Parents worry about the possibility of _75_ chemicals making their way from 76 plastic into childrens bloodstreams. Which means Haegele isnt the only person trying to cut plastic out of her life she isnt _77_ the only one blogging about this kind of _78_. Butthose whove tried know its _79_ from easy to go plastic-free. These things seem to be so common _80_ it is practically impossible to avoid coming into _81_ with them, says Frederick vom Saal, a biologist at the University of Missouri.62. A) resolved B) recovered C) removed D) retreated63. A) when B) what C) who D) why64. A) essence B) unit C) crust D) rubbish65. A) hinged B) hopped C) stretched D) dipped66. A) include B) induce C) compose D) consist67. A) slightly B) nearly C) roughly D) barely68. A) pursue B) prescribe C) preserve D) purchase69. A) rather B) ever C) merely D) only70. A) probed B) coupled C) lined D) combined71. A) by B) over C) on D) under72. A) ended up B) pulled up C) put up D) set up73. A) trapped B) adapted C) wrapped D) adopted74. A) interactively B) remotely C) infinitely D) resolutely75. A) sensible B) toxic C) attractive D) absurd76. A) household B) family C) internal D) civil77. A) hardly B) largely C) even D) still78. A) endeavor B) recreation C) accomplishment D) diligence79. A) well B) little C) far D) much80. A) while B) which C) but D) that81. A) fashion B) approach C) contact D) agreement201106Organised volunteering and work experience has long been a vital companion to university degree courses. Usually it is left to _62_ to deduce the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a graduates resume, _63_ now the University of Bristol has launched an award to formalise the achievements of students who _64_ time to activities outside their courses. Bristol PLuS aims to boost students in an increasingly _65_ job market by helping them acquire work and life skills alongside _66_ qualifications.Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that they didnt _67_ appreciate the value of what they did _68_ the lecture hall, says Jeff Goodman, director of careers and employability at the university. Employers are much more _69_ than they used to be. They used to look for _70_ and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicants skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are _71_ to the job. Students who sign _72_ for the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or _73_ work, attend four workshops on employ-ability skills, take part in an intensive skills-related activity _74_, crucially, write a summary of the skills they have gained. _75_ efforts will gain an Outstanding Achievement Award. Those who _76_ best on the sports field can take the Sporting PLuS Award which fosters employer-friendly sports accomplishments.The experience does not have to be _77_ organised. Were not just interested in easily identifiable skills, says Goodman. _78_ , one student took the lead in dealing with a difficult landlord and so _79_ negotiation skills. We try to make the experience relevant to individual lives.Goodman hopes the _80_ will enable active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less-active _81_ to take up activities outside their academic area of work.62. A) advisors B) specialists C) critics D) employers63. A) which B) but C) unless D) since64. A) divide B) devote C) deliver D) donate65. A) harmonious B) comp