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CUSTOMS

UNIT1

RUSSIAN CUSTOMS

INCREASE YOUR VOCABULARY

Exercise 3. Find in the text the words which follow the verbs below, a) to collect e) to defend

2. to keep out

3. to approve

4. to limit

f)to bring

6. to create h) to carry out

Exercise 4. Find the words/phrases in the text which have the following meanings.

A.

1. to give, to pass 5. function of public revenue

2. to show the truth of 6. benefit, profit

3. borders 7. to adopt (a law)

4. at the risk of 8. renewal of friendly relations

1. B. What words in the text mean:

2. a) to buy, to get

2. to keep safe, to guard

3. rule made by authority

2. Exercise 5. Match left and right.

1. The Russian Customs Service has been much more than...

2. Foreigners were allowed to trade only in frontier towns...

3. Every tsar approved laws defending...

4. Now the role of Customs is to be a guide for...

5. The main task of the Russian Customs is...

6. The Customs tariff, in practice, is not an economic and trade...

2. a) Russian producers.

3. b) the protection of the economic interests of the country.

4. c) the internal economy and world markets.

5. d) a force for keeping out contraband.

6. e) the world community.

7. f) market economy regulation.