Vocabulary Exercises. Reading Comprehension Questions

Reading Comprehension Questions

1. What is a major goal of CLEAR-PAC at present?

2. In what way will this system allow to expedite the clearance process?

3. Could you name the key participants responsible for clearing cargo in Russia?

4. Do you think the new system can be a tool to help ensure transparency in Customs' practices?

5. Automation is recognized as one of the prerequisitesfor Russia's integration into the global market, isn’t it?

6. In what document are the specifications of the future Automated System outlined?

7. Where was the Technical Assignment submitted for approval?

8. Who did CLEAR-PAC enter in a contract with to develop the software for the system?

9. What is known about this software developer from the text?

10. What do Russian Customs officials say about U.S. Customs Service guidance in the matter?

Find an appropriate word for each blank space in the box

global market; pre-clearance procedures; transparency; approval; blueprint; customs posts; outline specifications; key participants; enter in a contract; software

1. All the interested bodies, in other words, … …, responsible for clearing cargo in Russia, will be connected in a paperless environment.

2. It is essential that Russia should be integrated into the … …, and automation is recognized as one of the prerequisites for this.

3. The specifications and design of the future Automated System are outlined in the Technical Assignment, or the ….

4. To develop the software for this system, the program designers had to …... with a well-known software development company.

5. The Technical Assignment was submitted for … to State Customs Committee and was subsequently sanctioned by the Office of Information and Technology.

6. This … is a unique tool in Russia that links Customs with the trade community, specifically customs brokers.

7. Far East Customs experts reviewed the software and testing results, deemed the software user-friendly and efficient, and recommended that it be gradually implemented at …....

8. The software was found to be consistent with Russian Customs’ plans to introduce preliminary electronic notification and … as one of the ways to significantly improve customs control in Russia.

9. After completion of the blueprint, the next step was to...... of the future Automated System.

10. It is essential that automation of customs procedures should help ensure... of Customs practices.

Complete each sentence using an appropriate form of the verb in the italics

1. As it was report at the previous Working Group meetings, incorporation of the Russian federal certifying agencies (Gosstandart, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and others) be crucial for successful completion of CLEAR-PAC.

2. The study tour at U.S. Customs that take place in Washington, D.C. last year for Russian Customs officials and the software developer provide the Russian participants with important insight and knowledge of U.S. Customs automation and modernization efforts.

3. The valuable information obtain during the tour was then incorporate into our workplan for the software development.

4. The success of the develop project and the positive recognition it receive from Russian Customs provide an important foundation for CLEAR-PAC’s further development.

5. We are please to report today that there be important progress in this area during the past year.

6. It is noteworthy that the CLEAR-PAC proposal to develop the Automated System view by State Customs as compliant and consistent with their current efforts simplify and modernize customs procedures.

7. CLEAR-PAC take steps to extend the benefits of preliminary electronic customs processing to more U.S. companies shipping to Russia and other trade partners of Russia.

8. The Prime Minister's instruction propose to the Russian Government that a special program be launch to further develop the CLEAR-PAC model on a national level and to create one electronic environment that connect all federal certifying agencies.

9. The carrier, upon receive a provisional release from Customs, be able to make decisions on staging cargo and the importer can arrange for examination, release, and further distribution of the merchandise. All of this can be accomplish before the merchandise actually arrive.

10. Trade participation in Sea Automated Manifest System (AMS) continue to grow steadily. Approximately 90% of in-bound ocean bills of lading be now transmit electronically to Customs.

Match the words and their definitions

1. transparency	(a) primary objective
2. expedite	(b) put into effect
3. procedure	(c) after that
4. major goal	(d) of great price or worth.
5. implement	(e) smth required beforehand
6. responsible	(f) assist the progress of
7. subsequently	(g) series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner
8. prerequisite	(h) liable to be called to account
9. valuable	(i) smth easily understood
10. guidance	(j) advice or direction for solving a problem

Use the following word combinations in sentences of your own

to reduce clearance time; to review entry documentation; paperless environment; modernize customs procedures; prior to cargo arrival; shipping documentation; advance electronic notification; operational software; considerable progress; to have means of exchanging data; transparency of Customs’ practices; integration into the global market

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