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【解题线索词】brand of petrol
【选项句对应词】brand loyal
空格前一句为‘‘汽油公司往往注重强调他们如何环保，这是为了抵消公众们对这个行业的负面看法，而不是要劝说消费者们去购买某种品牌的汽油。”空格后一句为“这是因为，从广告的角度讲，汽油被看作一种无奈而又必须购买的商品。”根据空格前后句，可以推断所缺句子可能是解释说明汽油公司对品牌的态度。对应选项C中所提到的“这个行业的业内人士很清楚，他们根本不必在乎顾客对此种汽油产品的品牌忠诚度。”承接空格后一句，因为汽油对于消费者来说是生活必需品。

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Working an eight-hour day is a luxury for most professional people. Nowadays, the only way to guarantee an eight-hour working day is to have a kind of job where you clock on and off. Those professionals who have managed to limit their hours to what was, 20 years ago, averagely do not wish to identify themselves. "1 can quite easily achieve my work within a normal day, but I don't like to draw attention to it," says one sales manager. "People looked at me when I left at 5 o'clock. Now, I put paperwork in my bag. People assume I'm doing extra hours at home."
But more typical is Mark, who works as an account manager. He says, "My contract says I work from 9 until 5 with extra hours as necessary. It sounds as if the extra hours are exceptional. In fact, my job would be enough not only for me, but also for someone else part- time. The idea of an eight-hour day makes me laugh!" He says he has thought about going freelance but realizes that this doesn't guarantee better working hours.
Professor Cary Cooper, occupational psychologist at the University of Manchester, is the author of the annual Quality of Working, Life survey. The most recent survey found that 77% of managers in Britain work more than their contracted hours, and that this is having a damaging effect for their health, relationships and productivity. Professor Cooper is critical of the long-hour culture. He says that while bosses believe long hours lead to greater efficiency, there is no evidence support this. "In fact, the evidence shows that long hours make you ill." There are, he says, steps that can be taken. One is to accept that the in-tray will never be empty. "There are always things to do. You just have to make the rule that on certain days you go home early. Prioritizing work and doing essential tasks first helps," he says. He also thinks it's time to criticize bad employers and unreasonable terms of employment. By all means, show commitment where necessary but when expectations are too high, people have to begin saying openly that they have a life outside of work.
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What does the writer say in the first paragraph about people who work an eight-hour day?

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