Vocabulary Exercises. Reading Comprehension Questions

Reading Comprehension Questions

Vocabulary Notes on the Text

to smuggle into	ввозить контрабандным путем
to amend law	вносить поправки в закон
to deal with drug	иметь дело, заниматься наркотиками
conveyance	транспорт (транспортное средство), доставка
to provide penalties	предусматривать штрафные санкции
vulnerability to	уязвимость
to exploit weaknesses	использовать слабости, недостатки
to identify	определить, опознать
a drug source country	страна происхождения наркотиков
to detect possible concealment	обнаружить возможные места сокрытия
vessels' itinerary	путь следования, маршрут
to originate	происходить, брать начало
smuggling attempts	- попытки провоза контрабанды
deterrent to	средство устрашения
involvement by crew members	участие членов экипажа
behavior patterns	стиль поведения

1. What smuggling methods are used to smuggle drugs into the USA?

2. What measures made sea carriers change their attitude to drug smuggling?

3. How can sea carriers identify weaknesses which can easily be exploited by the criminal element?

4. Name the most important considerations in identifying a carrier's risk for use by drug smugglers.

5. Why is vessels' itinerary the most important considerations for a carrier?

6. Is security of the conveyance itself important in assessing its vulnerability?

7. What provides an additional deterrent to smuggling attempts?

8. Why should crew members be carefully observed for some behavior patterns?

9. What behavior patterns may seem suspicious?

10. What unusual mode of dress when going ashore may awake suspicion?

Explain the meaning of these words and phrases within the text

Large shipments of illegal drugs, ability of law enforcement agencies to deal with drug smuggling, indifference by carriers to drug smuggling, new laws, make it imperative, security consciousness,drug source country, tolerate, behavior patterns, mode of dress, go ashore

Find an appropriate word for each blank space in the text

1. The vessel's log should be reviewed to determine if current circumstances

would allow a recurrence of smuggling a….

2. Crew members should be carefully observed for any telltale signs of drug use,

or if they exhibit any of the following b… p….

3. Commercial passenger and cargo vessels are large, complex c… and are

inviting targets for illegal smugglers.

4. The port is located in the country whose border is contiguous with a d… s…

country..

5. The methods to reduce carrier v… are presented in the special manual.

6. In the past three years, record cocaine and marijuana seizures have been

detected in air and sea cargo o… in or transiting through Bolivia, the Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Haiti and other South American countries.

7. In assessing the vulnerability of a vessel's i… to drug smuggling, carrier

personnel should analyze vessel information to determine when a vessel is at risk for drug smuggling

8. To increase the likelihood of detection and therefore increase the d… effect,

frequent random vessel searches should be conducted prior to the vessel's departure or while en route.

9. To prevent their conveyances from being used for smuggling, carriers must

i…and correct weaknesses in the physical, procedural, and documentation control systems used in cargo processing operations.

10. Because vessels are so large and offer so many different places for c…,

compartments which are seldom used should be sealed or locked.

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

1. The consequences which may result from detect drugs on board the a vessel require a carrier to tighten its control over these persons while they are on board.

2. It should be determined from the log whether smuggle attempts were encountered during that vessel's previous voyages.

3. The carrier should consider many factors in assessing the strongandweak of its vessel's security.

4. Some carriers have found it necessary to utilize cargo screening equipment and sophisticated security procedures to prevent drug smuggling aboard their convey.

5. There were a number of interdictions of illicit drugs and weapon smuggling in which involve of Japanese crime syndicates was revealed.

6. Some of the psychotropic substances smuggle into Japan are said to be clandestinely produced in Thailand or Taiwan.

7.This information may assist vessel operators in identifyandaddress those areas of their operations which lend themselves to smuggling aboard their ships.

8. Before a carrier can reduce its vulnerable, it must admit recognize that such vulnerable exists.

9. Crew members are sometimes toinvolve in drug smuggling or drug abuse.

10. All persons attempt to board the vessel should be challenged and not permitted aboard without legitimate reasons.

Match the words and their definitions

1. amend (a) initiate, give origin to

2. deterrent (b) means of transport, vehicle

3. vulnerability (c) utilize for one's own ends

4. originate (d) make minor improvements in

5. conveyance (e) secret place, something hidden

6. itinerary (f) establish the identity of; recognize

7. concealment (g) discouragement or hindrance by fear

8. exploit (h)susceptibility to injury, exposure to danger

9. penalty (i) route, record of travel

10. identify (j) punishment esp. payment of sum of money for breach of law

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