Вариант № 16

Task 1. Translate the sentences from English into Russian:

1. They changed the figures in the invoice.

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

3. Customs officers use a wide range of tools and technology.

4. This cargo declaration is a basis for goods valuation

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

6. The Russian Customs Service, however, predates the Mongol-Tatar yoke (1237-1480).

7. Baggage is checked for concealment by X– ray or/and opening it.

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

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

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

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

2. He did a lot to develop ______________.

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

4. ___________________ has always been considered important and prestigious.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Task 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. С какой целью создаются зоны свободной торговли?

2. Какие нарушения таможенного законодательства рассматривает отдел по расследованиям?

3. Какие функции выполняет таможенный брокер?

4. Таможенники должны знать законы и правила, чтобы грамотно их применять

5. Какие правонарушения расследуют таможенники?

6. Как долго вы работаете в отделе по расследованию?

Task 4. Put the words in the correct order.

1. Country/ company/ goods/ this/ into/ our/ import

2. Dmitry / What/ Mendeleev/ was?

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

4. Friend / a/ my/ the/ work/ customs.

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

6. Work/ machine/ doesn’t/ X-ray/ this.

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

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

1. When the passenger (to leave) the country he must fill in the exit

2. This company (to import) goods into our country.

3. The passengers who have just arrived in Moscow (to pass) through customs control now.

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

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

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

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

8. I (to fill in) a customs declaration form for 15 minutes.

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

What can you bring back from a trip abroad? Which formalities apply to cash, animals, and cultural goods? This is the kind of information that the French and Dutch Customs administrations have decided to make easily and quickly accessible to travelers so that they pass through Customs untroubled.

To do so both administrations have embraced smart mobile phone technology. A smart phone is a mobile phone that includes features that you might find on a computer such as office software applications (emails, contact database, document editing, etc.) and multimedia applications (photos, music, videos, games, internet navigation).

The Customs released an application that allows them to provide travelers with information on what goods are forbidden, which are subject to specific formalities, what limits apply to quantities, and so on. Informationonapplicableduty-freeallowancesisalsoavailable.