5. With/am/ polite/ customers/ I/ always.

6. He/ abroad/ on business trips/ goes/ often.

7. Team/ clear/ usually / our/ the /cargo

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

1. Most officers (to wear) uniform and (to work) closely with the public

2. Last year he (to work) in shifts and often overtime.

3. The passenger’s luggage (to check) by the customs officer now.

4. Russia (to have) a Customs service during the past 1000 years

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. More detector dogs (to train) at the canine enforcement centers by the next year.

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

9. Next week our department (to celebrate) its anniversary.

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 № 20

Task 1. Translate the sentences from English into Russian:

1. They changed the figures in the invoice.

2. Many people fill in customs declarations when leaving or entering the country.

3. The government is spending too little money on reorganization of the Customs Service.

4. The customs officer seized the cargo because you hadn’t declared it.

5. The law prohibits storage and sale of smuggled goods on the territory of the country.

6. This cargo declaration is a basis for goods valuation

7. The law prohibits storage and sale of smuggled goods on the territory of the country.

8. What goods can individuals carry across the customs border of the Russian Federation?

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

duties and taxes, customs business, tamozhnya, set up, law enforcement, customs laws, handed down, dogs, merchandise, customs violations

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

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

3. ___________________ has always been considered important and prestigious.

4. He did a lot to develop ______________

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

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

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

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

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

10. _________ can be used to search passengers, baggage, cargo, private and commercial vehicles, vessels and aircraft.

Task 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Эти собаки специально подготовлены для работы среди пассажиров.

2. Нам предложили пройти в зал таможенного досмотра

3. Эти цифры в товарной накладной были изменены

4. Завтра на встрече будут обсуждаться условия платежей.

5. Как долго вы работаете в отделе по расследованию.

6. Груз был задержан, так как документы были оформлены неправильно.

Task 4. Put the words in the correct order.

1. The/ yesterday/ spoke/ to /chief the/ Customs group/ office

2. Customs/ found/ has just / a/ new /Mike/ job/ at/ the

3. Technology/ range/ officers/ use /a Customs/ and wide / of/ tools/

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

5. Тhey/ uniform/ always/ wear.

6. Сontraband/ find/ we/ sometimes

7. Did/ a / to/ customs/ he/ laws/ develop/ lot/.

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

1. A distinction (to make) between commercial and industrial free zones.

2. A large amount of cargo (to cross) the border on train.

3. They (to go) through the customs control at the moment.

4. The General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (to sign) in Geneva in 1947.