5. I (to examine) this container at 2 o’clock yesterday.

6. She (to go) through the customs when she (to see) her friend.

7. The Government (to initiate) economic reforms next year.

8. My friend (to work) at the customs since 2000.

Task 6. Make a written translation of the text and think about the title for it.

Belgian Customs anti-drugs team based at Brussels Airport seized 180 ivory statues in the luggage carried by a male passenger arriving from Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo). Alerted by the weight of the luggage that was declared as containing wooden craft, the team stopped the passenger and started checking his luggage. The wooden statue appeared to be of very crude craftsmanship and it was decided to X-ray it. The X-ray revealed that the statue contained hundreds of small ivory statues.

The passenger declared that he was not aware of deception and that he was transporting the wooden statue for a friend who lived in Belgium. While checking the name of the alleged recipient, the team discovered that this person used the same method to smuggle ivory products in the past and was currently being prosecuted for smuggling ivory products.

Вариант № 18

Task 1. Translate the sentences from English into Russian:

1. Customs officers are multi-skilled and can move through different work areas.

2. Nowadays Russia has the world’s longest border to police and has a modern, multi-functioning Customs Service.

3. Such protectionism went on for most of the next 300 years.

4. Import laws have become a barometer of economic and political conditions of the time.

5. The customs officer had been looking through the passenger declaration for a minute when he noticed a mistake.

6. The assessment and collection of duties and taxes have always been one of the main functions of Customs.

7. The cargo declaration is a basis for goods valuation and assessment of duty

8. Customs declarations are filled in when leaving or entering the country.

Task 2. Choose the most appropriate word in the box to complete the sentences below.

tamozhnya, law enforcement, customs violations, customs service, handed down, merchandise, currency violations set up, customs , duty, commercial fraud

1. A number of well-known people in Russia worked for the ________and contributed to its development.

2. The full range of customs violations can be investigated: the smuggling of merchandise, ________________________.

3. British ___________can also boast of some people who worked for the customs.

4. The current Russian word for Customs, ____________________ , appeared in the times of Mongol-Tatar yoke.

5. The first Russian Customs statute was in _______________ 1667.

6. The excise Collector made his rounds eight times a year collecting _________over a wide area.

7. ________________ classification is the foundation on which duty collection is based.

8. Free trade zones are usually ______________to encourage the development of the country and to promote its foreign trade

9. Investigation of ________________ is performed to target violators of customs laws and regulations.

10. Customs and other ________________ agencies round the world use dogs for detection work.

Task 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Когда был основан Международный институт статистики?

2. Они защищают экономические интересы страны

3. Сейчас в аэропорту Пулково строится новый терминал

4. Почему необходимо проводить лабораторные анализы?

5. Ему не дали разрешение на вывоз этой картины.

6. Какие правонарушения расследуют таможенники?

Task 4. Put the words in the correct order.

1. Is / enforcement /canine/what?

2. Business / customs officers/ health/ protect/ public/ and.

3. Showed / the/ they /shortest/ him/ way.

4. passenger’s / baggage/ customs/examine/ officers.

5. Examining will the he at tomorrow be 9 o’clock cargo.

6. Contraband/ find/ we/ sometimes.

7. Changed/ the/ figures /they/ the/ in /the /invoice.

Task 5. Open the brackets and put the verb in the correct tense form.

1. They (to repair) our X-ray machine in two days.