Task 7. Give a summary of the article (no more than 10-12 sentences) according to the following plan.
Лексико-грамматическая контрольная работа № 5
По дисциплине «Иностранный язык»
для студентов заочного отделения факультета таможенного дела
(3 курс 5 семестр)
- Customs conventions and recommendations
- The HS Convention
- The CITES
- Customs technologies. Customs enforcement and compliance
Вариант 15
Task 1. Write the full name of the following international instruments
1. CITES
2. The HSConvention
3. The revised Kyoto Convention
Task 2. Match the definitions given below with the appropriate international instrument.
1. __________________ is a non-binding instrument which provides a number of basic principles to promote integrity and combat corruption within customs administrations.
2. ___________________ is an international instrument that contains supply chain security and facilitation standards for goods being traded worldwide, enables integrated supply chain management for all modes of transport etc.
3. ___________________ is the international convention which is used as the basis for customs tariffs and for the compilation of international trade statistics.
Task 3. Are these statements right or wrong? Correct the wrong ones.
1. The Istanbul Convention provides for the strictly limited movement of goods across frontiers.
2. The WCO Council adopted the revised Kyoto Convention in June 1999 as the blueprint for modern and efficient Customs procedures in the 21st century.
3. The ATA carnet is now the document most widely used by the business community for international operations involving the temporary admission.
4. The Arusha Declaration is a single international instrument combining all the existing Conventions on temporary admission.
5. The HS Convention provides for two types of decisions taken by the HS Committee.
6. CITES was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of WCO (The World Customs Organization).
7. For many years CITES has been among the conservation agreements with the largest membership, with now 200 Parties.
Task 4. Open the brackets using the correct form of the verb.
On 30th June 2017 retired Warwickshire Police Officer, Craig Fellowes (to win) the prestigious ‘Partner of the Year’ award for his dedication and contribution to wildlife crime training. The award (to present) annually to the person or organisation that (to make) a significant contribution to the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (PAW).
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Craig Fellowes (to involve) in the fight against wildlife crime since the 1990’s when he (to become) Warwickshire’s Wildlife Crime Officer. In the late 90’s he (to develop) the National Wildlife Officer’s Foundation Course, which is still the only PAW accredited training course for Police Officers. He (to be) a member of the PAW Training Group since its inception, almost 20 years ago.
Task 5. Translate the sentences from English into Russian
Customs enforcement is concerned with the protection of society and fighting trans-national organized crime based on the principles of risk management. In discharging this mandate, Customs enforcement services are involved in a wide range of activities relating to information and intelligence exchange, combating commercial fraud, counterfeiting, the smuggling of highly taxed goods (especially cigarettes and alcohol), drug trafficking, stolen motor vehicles, money laundering, electronic crime, smuggling of arms, nuclear materials, toxic waste and weapons of mass destruction. Enforcement activities also aim to protect intellectual and cultural property and endangered species of plants and animals.
The WCO has also developed instruments for international co-operation in the form of the revised Model Bilateral Agreement (MBA), the Nairobi Convention which provides for mutual administrative assistance in the prevention, investigation and repression of Customs offences, and the Johannesburg Convention which provides for mutual administrative assistance in Customs matters.
Task 6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English using your active vocabulary.
1. Стамбульская конвенция была разработана под эгидой Совета таможенного сотрудничества.
2. Цель данной Конвенции состоит в том, чтобы облегчить временный ввоз путем упрощения и гармонизации процедур в целях достижения экономических, гуманитарных, культурных, социальных и туристских целей.
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3. Товарная номенклатура внешнеэкономической деятельности первоначально была разработана и введена в СССР после присоединения в 1988 году к Международной Конвенции о Гармонизированной системе описания и кодирования товаров.
4. Большинство государств осуществляют Рамочные стандарты безопасности ВТамО.
Task 7. Give a summary of the article (no more than 10-12 sentences) according to the following plan.
| The title of the article | The article is headlined … The headline of the article I have read is … The title of the article is... The article is entitled... |
| The author of the article; where and when the article was published | The author of the article is … The article is written by … It is (was) published in … |
| The main idea of the article | The article is about … The article is devoted to … The article deals with … The article touches upon … The article focuses on … The main/central idea of the article is … The purpose of the article is to give the reader some information on … The aim of the article is to provide the reader with some material (data) on … |
| The contents of the article (facts, names, figures, etc.) | The author starts by telling the reader (about, that …) The article describes … According to the text … The author writes/ states/stresses/points out that … Further the author reports (says) that … In conclusion … The author comes to the conclusion that … |
| Your opinion of the article | To my mind … In my opinion … If you ask me … I found the article interesting/ important/ informative/ dull/ of no value/ too hard to understand |
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