2. British ___________can also boast of some people who worked for the customs.
3. A number of well-known people in Russia worked for the ________and contributed to its development.
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. Какие правонарушения расследуют таможенники?
2. Для чего нужен сбор статистических данных о правонарушениях?
3. Какие задачи стоят перед таможней при досмотре пассажиров и грузов?
4. Вы заполнили таможенную декларацию?
5. Почему необходимо проводить лабораторные анализы?
6. Какой документ является основным для таможенной оценки?
Task 4. Put the words in the correct order.
1. First/ Customs/ in /Russian /was/ the /handed/ down/ Statute/ 1667.
2. Business / customs /officers/ health/ protect/ public/ and.
3. Did/ a / to/ customs/ he/ laws/ develop/ lot/.
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. Russian/ Alexei Mikhailovitch/ the/ was/ the / tsar / of/ the/ Russian /head/ state.
Task 5. Open the brackets and put the verb in the correct tense form
1. The President (to sign) a new law limiting import of foreign goods recently
2. Derzhavin (to work out) the customs tariff in 1795
3. They (to go) through the customs control at the moment
4. She (to go) through the customs when she (to see) her friend.
5. The Government (to initiate) economic reforms next year.
6. I (not to fill in) a customs declaration form yet. Wait a minute.
7. We (to prepare) all the necessary documents by 6 o`clock
8. We (to examine) freight containers every day.
Task 6. Make a written translation of the text and think about the title for it.
The illicit drug trade is truly international, spanning the globe. Drug traffickers are not confined by national boundaries; they transport their goods through many countries and often market their wares in several nations.
To be effective in combating this trade, an individual customs service cannot stand alone. It must work with other agencies, both nationally and internationally to share information and intelligence on all aspects of the drug trade to improve their capability to target suspect passengers or cargo. This includes general information on such topics as the routings, concealment methods and modus operandi as well as more precise information on specific smuggling activities where individuals or organizations are being targeted.
ВАРИАНТ № 14
Task I. Translate the sentences from English into Russian:
1. Merchandise classification is the foundation on which duty collection occurs.
2. A number of well-known people both in Russia and abroad worked for the Customs and contributed to its development.
3. We’ll complete the customs formalities fast if you don’t have anything to declare.
4. Why is it necessary to inspect passengers and cargo?
5. A common reason for violation of customs regulations has always been and still is foreign currency.
6. They’ll have filled in their declaration forms by the time the customs inspection starts.
7. How long have you been working in the Customs Service?
8. The cargo declaration is a basis for goods valuation and assessment of duty.
Task 2. Choose the most appropriate word in the box to complete the sentences below.
| tamozhnya, customs business, duties and taxes, law enforcement, customs violations, customs laws, handed down, dogs, merchandise, set up |
1. ___________________ has always been considered important and prestigious.
2. He did a lot to develop ______________
3. The current Russian word for Customs, ____________________, appeared in the times of Mongol-Tatar yoke.
4. The first Russian Customs statute was in _______________ 1667.
5. The assessment and collection of ___________________ have always been one of the main functions of Customs.
6. ________________ classification is the foundation on which duty collection is based.
7. Free trade zones are usually ______________to encourage the development of the country and to promote its foreign trade
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. Кто разрабатывал этот таможенный тариф?.
2. Когда его назначили начальником таможни?
3. Новый торговый устав ввел новые правила провоза товаров через границу.
4. Я надеюсь, к 5 часам мы проверим все контейнеры.
5. Какой документ является основным для таможенной оценки?
6. Если ты станешь таможенником, то будешь иметь дело с таможенными платежами.
Task 4. Put the words in the correct order.
1. Plan/ to / the/ Consul / they/ for/ to /apply / visa.
2. Company / information/ market /the/ trends/ about/ collects/ the/ new.
3. Was/ trying/ into/ this/ drugs/ man/ country/ to/ when/ bring/ was/ by/ stopped
4. He / customs/ officer/ a/ is.
5. Examining/ will/ the/ he/ at/ tomorrow /be/ 9/ o’clock/ cargo.
6. Never / his /word/ breaks/ he/ word/.
7. I/ am/ polite/ customers/ always/with.
Task 5 Open the brackets and put the verb in the correct tense form
1. This company (to import) goods into our country.
2. Look! The passenger (to hide) something in his pockets
3. I (to examine) this container at 2 o’clock yesterday
4. I (to fill in) a customs declaration form when I (to remember) about it
5. The Customs Office chief (to sign) the document in 20 minutes
6. The customs tariff (to come) into force in 1800.
7. We (to prepare) all the necessary documents by 6 o`clock
8. I already (to pass) through customs and passport control.
Task 6. Make a written translation of the text and think about the title for it.
The custom of Customs comes from England and dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. Shortly after the Norman Conquest, when the French began filling England with their wine, kings decided they were entitled to five percent of whatever wine came in. King Ethelred set up a collection post for ships sailing the Thames past King’s castle.
So, a national Customs Service was established in 1203 and a duty of 1/5 was charged on all imports and exports. All the delivered goods had to be landed at approved ports, inspected and measured, so that the correct amount of duty could be fixed and collected. Luxuries like silk were taxed, but so were everyday necessities such as soap and tea. The rates of duty were determined by the King. Import duties became a fact of life and since more articles had become liable to duty, the first known Book of Rates was produced in England in 1507.
ВАРИАНТ № 15
Task 1. Translate the sentences from English into Russian:
1. Your documents haven’t been processed yet.
2. The cargo was released from the Customs zone as soon as it was cleared.
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. If you break the rules you will be punished.
6. The assessment and collection of duties and taxes have always been one of the main functions of Customs.
7. Baggage is checked for concealment by X– ray or/and opening it.
8. When you bring alcohol or cigarettes above the fixed quotas into a country, you have to pay the duty.
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. Investigation of ________________ is performed to target violators of customs laws and regulations.
2. The current Russian word for Customs, ____________________, appeared in the times of Mongol-Tatar yoke.
3. The first Russian Customs statute was in _______________ 1667.
4. The excise Collector made his rounds eight times a year collecting _________over a wide area
5. ________________ classification is the foundation on which duty collection is based.
6. Free trade zones are usually ______________to encourage the development of the country and to promote its foreign trade
7. Customs and other ________________ agencies round the world use dogs for detection work
8. The full range of customs violations can be investigated: the smuggling of merchandise, _________________________.
9. British ___________can also boast of some people who worked for the customs.
10. A number of well-known people in Russia worked for the ________and contributed to its development.
Task 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
1. Павел I отменил протекционистский тариф 1795 года.
2. Новый торговый устав был первой попыткой установить таможенные режимы.
3. Он работает посменно, не так ли?
4. Они защищают экономические интересы страны
5. Вы заполнили таможенную декларацию?
6. Какие правонарушения расследуют таможенники?
Task 4. Put the words in the correct order.
1. Technology/ range/ officers/ use /a Customs/ wide / of/ tools/ and.
2. On/ the /night shift/ do/ work/ you/ often?
3. Check-point/ modern/ our/ got/ computers/ has.
4. Work / machine/ doesn’t/ X-ray/ this.
5. Help/ to detect/ drugs/ dogs.
6. Passenger’s / baggage/ customs/examine/ officers.
7. Contraband/ find/ we/ sometimes.
Task 5. Open the brackets and put the verb in the correct tense form
1. I don’t believe she (to have) undeclared currency in her pockets.
2. The customs officer (to examine) passengers’ baggage.
3. I (to look through) the passengers’ declarations very attentively a few
4. minutes ago.
5. They (to go) through the customs control at the moment
6. She (to go) through the customs when she (to see) her friend.
7. The Government (to initiate) economic reforms next year.
8. I (not to fill in) a customs declaration form yet. Wait a minute.
Task 6. Make a written translation of the text and think about the title for it.
Customs agents in Russia’s Far East have confiscated wild animal skins that a businessman was attempting to smuggle into China. A semi-truck crossing the border from Russia had 6.7 tons of furs hidden inside rolls of paper for recycling. Among the furs there were more than 4 tons of muskrat, as well as mink, sable, and Siberian mountain weasel.
An investigation of the smuggled goods is currently under way to determine their overall number and cost.
The smuggling of animal parts, especially bear paws, from Russia into China has become a common business. Bear paws are considered an exotic dish in China and thousands are estimated to be smuggled into the country from
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.
ВАРИАНТ № 17
Task 1. Translate the sentences from English into Russian:
1. The assessment and collection of duties and taxes have always been one of the main functions of Customs
2. The customs officer seized the cargo because you hadn’t declared it.
3. As soon as you leave the plane, follow the signs to passport control.
4. This cargo declaration is a basis for goods valuation.
5. Passing through the Customs control the passenger can choose between the Red and Green Channel.
6. Merchandise classification is the foundation on which duty collection occurs.
7. The customs officer seized the cargo because you hadn’t declared it.
8. The customs legislation has always been loyal to foreign traders
Task 2. Choose the most appropriate word in the box to complete the sentences below.
| law enforcement, set up, duties and taxes, customs business, customs violations, customs laws, handed down, dogs, tamozhnya, merchandise |
1. Customs and other ________________ agencies round the world use dogs for detection work.
2. ___________________ has always been considered important and prestigious.
3. ________________ classification is the foundation on which duty collection is based.
4. _________ can be used to search passengers, baggage, cargo, private and commercial vehicles, vessels and aircraft.
5. The first Russian Customs statute was in _______________ 1667.
6. The assessment and collection of ___________________ have always been one of the main functions of Customs.
7. Free trade zones are usually ______________to encourage the development of the country and to promote its foreign trade.
8. Investigation of ________________ is performed to target violators of customs laws and regulations.
9. The current Russian word for Customs, ____________________, appeared in the times of Mongol-Tatar yoke.
10. He did a lot to develop ______________.
Task 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
1. Почему начисление и сбор таможенных пошлин всегда являлись одной из основных функций таможни?.
2. Мы проверяем документы, груз и транспортные средства.
3. Кто оплачивает расходы при хранении товаров на складе временного хранения?
4. Таможенники должны знать законы и правила, чтобы грамотно их применять
5. Нам предложили пройти в зал досмотра.
6. Как долго вы работаете в отделе по расследованию.
Task 4. Put the words in the correct order.
1. Customs/ found/ has just / a/ new /Mike/ job/ at/ the
2. The/ yesterday/ spoke/ to /chief the/ Customs group/ office
3. Raw/ countries/ prohibit/ мany/ the/ of export materials.
4. Business / customs officers/ health/ protect/ public/ and.
5. Тhey/ uniform/ always/ wear.
6. With/am/ polite/ customers/ I/ always.
7. The / goes / passport/ passenger/ and/ visa/ through/ control.
Task 5. Open the brackets and put the verb in the correct tense form
1. When the passenger (to enter) the country he must declare dutiable items..
2. We (to examine) freight containers every day.
3. They (to go) through the customs control at the moment.
4. The customs officer (to check) the luggage now
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.
2. I (to fill in) a customs declaration form when I (to remember) about it
3. They (to go) through the customs control at the moment
4. She (to go) through the customs when she (to see) her friend.
5. This company (to import) its products into our country in 2010.
6. The Government (to impose) customs duties yet?
7. We (to prepare) all the necessary documents by 6 o`clock
8. Customs officers often (to use) different inspectional techniques to detect contraband.
Task 6. Make a written translation of the text and think about the title for it.
Some time ago a jazz drummer on tour in Japan knew exactly how to get his new mini television set through the Customs without paying duty. He wrapped it in his laundry, stuffed it inside a snare drum, and deposited the lot in the drum case. Arriving in San Francisco the drummer announced that he was just in from Tokyo but had nothing to declare. The customs agent looked him straight in the eye and said. “What about the television you’ve hidden in your drums?” The guy blanched. “How did you know?” The officer shrugged, “Because every drummer coming back from Japan has a television hidden in his drums.”
ВАРИАНТ № 19
Task 1. Translate the sentences from English into Russian:
1. Are free zones set up inside or outside the Customs territory?
2. The customs officer seized the cargo because you hadn’t declared it.
3. As soon as you leave the plane, follow the signs to passport control.
4. The passenger should arrive at the airport two hours before the take off time.
5. This cargo declaration is a basis for goods valuation.
6. Passing through the Customs control the passenger can choose between the Red and Green Channels.
7. Thousands of passengers pass through international airports every day
8. Merchandise classification is the foundation on which duty collection occurs.
Task 2. Choose the most appropriate word in the box to complete the sentences below.
| law enforcement, set up, duties and taxes, customs business, customs violations, customs laws, handed down, dogs, tamozhnya, merchandise |
1. _________ can be used to search passengers, baggage, cargo, private and commercial vehicles, vessels and aircraft.
2. The first Russian Customs statute was in _______________ 1667.
3. The assessment and collection of ___________________ have always been one of the main functions of Customs.
4. Free trade zones are usually ______________to encourage the development of the country and to promote its foreign trade.
5. Investigation of ________________ is performed to target violators of customs laws and regulations.
6. Customs and other ________________ agencies round the world use dogs for detection work.
7. The current Russian word for Customs, ____________________, appeared in the times of Mongol-Tatar yoke.
8. He did a lot to develop ______________.
9. ___________________ has always been considered important and prestigious.
10. ________________ classification is the foundation on which duty collection is based.
Task 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
1. Мы используем современные технологии, а также бригады кинологов для эффективного контроля пассажиров.