Упр.4 What’s economic geography about? ГДЗ Enjoy English 11 класс

Read the story and choose the statement which best expresses the main idea of the text.

Apple pie of the world

When making an apple pie for the party, Joanna used lots of different ingredients. She got some flour, eggs, green sour apples, red sweet apples, lemons, orange peels, sugar, some condensed milk, and some vanilla. The pie was a great success with everyone who was there to eat it that night.

Then Joanna remarked that it was the most international pie she’d ever made. And that was true — the flour was produced in France from wheat imported from Canada, the green sour apples were delivered from Poland and the red sweet ones from China, the sugar was Cuban, the lemons were from Morocco, and the oranges had absorbed the hot sun of Spain. The condensed milk had come from Finland, and only the eggs were produced by local hens at some nearby farm. Joanna wasn’t sure about the origin of the vanilla.

The fact that so many countries and so many economies happened to be involved in their party pie puzzled and excited everyone. “How strange,” said Mark, “that only one of the many ingredients has been produced locally. Is it good or bad for our economy?” His question led to a long and hot debate over the apple pie, which ended in nobody’s victory but left many unanswered questions.

• A Joanna wouldn’t have been able to make a pie if there weren’t well established commercial links between different countries.
• B International trade is important for industries but ordinary people are not real aware of it.
• C Our lifestyles and consumer habits depend on some level of international cooperation.
• D Economic integration is an essential feature and a reality in today’s world which may lead to new prospects but also problems for national economies.