·Read the text below about computer trends.
·For each question (31-40), write one word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your
Answer Sheet. COMPUTER TRENDS When analysing the computer market
worldwide it is useful is distinguish (31) sales of
desktop computers and portable laptop models. The major manufacturers perform
very differently (32) different areas of the market; for
example, A.B.I. , the worldwide brand leader in desktop computers, ranks only
fourth in laptop computer sales and has captured only nineteen per cent of the
European market. The Grown Corporation has succeeded in penetrating the
difficult European market and now has a twenty-one per cent market share; in
worldwide sales, however, Crown ranks second in laptop models (33)
fourth in desktops. Beginner’s luck
A recent arrival (34) the scene, Unitec, has won a
twenty-eight per cent slice of the European market and already stands at number
five in the world market in (35) categories. The computer
division of Marcus Industries ranks just below A. B. I. in the desktop best five
and currently leads the world market in portable models; in spite of this,
Marcus have captured only six per cent of the European sector. Europe fights back The remainder (36)
the European market is shared by a number of local manufacturers who
are competing well in home markets (37) who do not figure
largely on the international scene. The (38) one of these
European companies to challenge the U. S. and Japanese makers abroad
successfully is Contact Electronics who entered the top five in the laptop field
this year and managed (39) outsell both A. B.I. and Unitec.
Unitec’s main rival, PerryHamilton, still occupies third place in the desktop
category, (40) is struggling to maintain its market
share.