PARAGRAPH ONE:
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A Chinese tech |
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went up by 211% |
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the world's most valuable |
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$45 billion |
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worth |
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continue |
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more than LG, Motorola and Sony |
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share |
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Its sales |
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company |
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market |
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start-up |
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went up |
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put together |
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This success will |
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from 2 per cent |
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PARAGRAPH TWO:
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business |
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devices |
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sell phones for |
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many fans |
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It makes profit |
c. |
model |
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Xiaomi has |
d. |
experience |
5. |
This makes it very |
e. |
what they cost |
6. |
high-performance |
f. |
designer |
7. |
great user |
g. |
from apps |
8. |
Apple's top |
h. |
popular |
A Chinese tech company (1) ___________________ third-largest smartphone maker and the world's most (2) ___________________. The company is called Xiaomi Inc. It just raised $1.1 (3) ___________________ $45 billion. That is more than LG, Motorola and Sony (4) ___________________. Xiaomi is the world's fastest-growing smartphone maker. Its sales went up by 211 per cent last year. Its (5) ___________________ also went up from 2 per cent to 5 per cent. This (6) ___________________.
Xiaomi's (7) ___________________ to sell phones for what they cost to make. It (8) ___________________ apps and software. Xiaomi has many fans. The company (9) ___________________ fans to win prizes. This makes it very popular. Xiaomi wants to (10) ___________________ new, high-quality, high-performance devices, with (11) ___________________. Not everyone likes Xiaomi. Apple's top designer said Xiaomi stole the design of the iPhone (12) ___________________ Apple.
AChinesetechcompanyisnowtheworld'sthird-largestsmartphonem
akerandtheworld'smostvaluablestart-up.ThecompanyiscalledXi
aomiInc.Itjustraised$1.1billionandisworth$45billion.Thatismoretha
nLG,MotorolaandSonyputtogether.Xiaomiistheworld'sfastest-gro
wingsmartphonemaker.Itssaleswentupby211percentlastyear.Itsm
arketsharealsowentupfrom2percentto5percent.Thissuccesswillcont
inue.Xiaomi'sbusinessmodelistosellphonesforwhattheycosttomake.
Itmakesprofitfromappsandsoftware.Xiaomihasmanyfans.Thecomp
anyhascompetitionsforfanstowinprizes.Thismakesitverypopular.Xi
aomiwantstocontinuetocreatenew,high-quality,high-performan
cedevices,withgreatuserexperience.NoteveryonelikesXiaomi.Apple
'stopdesignersaidXiaomistolethedesignoftheiPhoneandmanyideasfr
omApple.
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