A Healthy Appetite for World Markets
An English schoolgirl who was asked in the 1980s what she associated with Denmark,replied:“pig,pig,bacon,pig".This may not be an uncommon image,but there is much more both to modern Denmark and to its food industry.
Though it rears than 20 million pigs a year and still provides the best-selling imported bacon in Britain,Denmark,with only 5 million people,produces enough food for three times that number.It also has a large share of world markets in other areas apart from pigmeat where it has specialised such as cheese and fresh and frozen fish.The rise of the primary food industries-pigmeat,dairy products and fish-has been accompanied,too,by the development of in associated industries,many of them world leaders.
The strong position which the country holds in the food industry goes back a long way.Denmark was one of a few countries in Europe which did not react to the challenge of cheap American corn in the 1870s by raising import barriers.Instead,its farmers had to find alternative sources of income,and as a result,developed a lucrative market exporting butter,eggs and bacon to the UK.
The country's food and food technology industry has never looked back.Since entry into the then European Community further support for Denmark's primary agricultural industry has come from the common agricultural policy,which subsidizes exports to non-member countries.
The development of Denmark's primary agricultural industry has been promoted by European Community.
A、正确
B、错误
【正确答案】：A
【名师解析】:根据题目内容，文章主要讲述了丹麦的农业和食品工业的发展情况。丹麦不仅饲养了超过2000万头猪，而且每年生产的食物足够1500万人食用。丹麦在世界市场上占有重要份额，特别是在猪肉、奶酪和新鲜及冷冻鱼类方面。此外，丹麦的食品和食品技术产业历史悠久，早在19世纪70年代，面对美国廉价玉米的挑战，丹麦农民没有提高进口壁垒，而是发展了黄油、鸡蛋和培根等产品的出口市场。丹麦的农业产业得到了欧洲共同体的推动，特别是通过共同农业政策对非成员国的出口进行补贴。
题目要求判断的是“丹麦的初级农业产业的发展得到了欧洲共同体的推动”这一说法是否正确。根据上文内容，丹麦的农业产业确实得到了欧洲共同体的支持，特别是通过共同农业政策对出口进行补贴，因此选项A“正确”是符合原文描述的。
