Reported Speech. Questions

Ex. 1 Change general questions from Direct into Reported Speech.

Translate the reported sentences into Russian.

1. “Have you got a permission for duty-free importation of these goods?” the officer asked the businessman.

2. The customs officer asked the passenger, “Did you buy this watch in Russia or abroad?”

3. “Will you be X-raying my camera as well?” the tourist asked the inspector.

4. The inspector asked, “Is this all your baggage?”

5. “Have you declared all your currency?” the customs officer asked the passenger.

6. “Are you traveling on business?” he asked me.

7. The customs officer asked the tourist, ”Have you seen the List of Prohibited Articles?”

8. Looking at the declaration the inspector asked the passenger, “Is it the real value of this ring?”

9. The inspector asked me, “Have you packed your baggage yourself?”

Ex. 2 Change special questions into Reported Speech. Translate the reported sentences into Russian.

1. The passenger asked the clerk at the information desk, “Where can I go through the Customs control?”

2. The inspector asked the passenger, “Where have you arrived from?”

3. The customs officer asked the passenger, “Why didn’t you declare the ring?”

4. The passenger asked the officer, “What are the restrictions on duty-free goods?”

5. “How much luggage is it possible to bring in free of duty?” asked the passenger.

6. “What type of business are you involved in?” asked the officer.

7. The inspector asked the captain, “What cargo do you carry?”

8. The passenger asked the agent, “How much weight am I allowed on board a plane?”

9. The customs inspector asked the passenger, “What is the purpose of your visit?”

VOCABULARY

Лексико-грамматическая контрольная работа №1

I семестр

(выполняется письменно и сдается преподавателю на проверку)

Task I. Translate the sentences from English into Russian:

1. A number of well-known people both in Russia and abroad worked for the Customs and contributed to its development.

2. We’ll complete the customs formalities fast if you don’t have anything to declare.

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

4. A common reason for violation of customs regulations has always been and still is foreign currency.

5. They’ll have filled in their declaration forms by the time the customs inspection starts.

6. How long have you been working in the Customs Service?

7. The first Russian Customs Statute was handed down in 1667.

8. Customs declarations are filled in when leaving or entering the country.

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

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

2. Goods which _______ (to import) outright for use or consumption within the customs territory _______ (to declare) for home use.

3. The current Russian word for Customs, tamozhnya, _______(to originate) in the times of the Mongol-Tatar yoke.

4. Before the passenger _______ (to board) a plane he _______ (to go) through the customs control.

5. Not until the passenger _______ (to clear) customs formalities he _______ (to be) legally free to enter the country to which he _______ (to travel).

6. We _______ (to wait) in the arrival lounge for an hour before they _______ (to unload) the luggage.

7. The customs inspector _______ (to help) you if you _______ (to have) questions about any point of the declaration.

Task III. Complete the sentences in English:

The declaration form 1) заполняется полными словами.

2) подписывается пассажиром.

3) предъявляется таможеннику.

4) просматривается таможенником.

5) возвращается пассажиру.

6) хранится во время пребывания в стране.

Task IV. Translate the text into Russian.

Airport Facilities

At the airport terminal building flight information boards display information about arriving and departing flights. The airlines employees take passengers’ baggage and give them baggage claim receipts. The baggage moves on a conveyor belt to the baggage make up room. There, the luggage for each flight is sorted and placed in containers or on carts to be loaded on the proper airplane.

Modern airport terminals have banks, restaurants, snack bars, gift shops, newstands and bookstores, game rooms, flower shops, boutiques and even hotels.

Workers clean the cabin, put food from the in-flight kitchen on the plane, pump drinking water aboard, and load baggage and cargo. Fuel is pumped into tanks in the plane’s wings. An airline usually takes about 45 minutes to unload a plane and then load and service it for its next flight.

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