Customs Agency of the Future

Grammar: The Infinitive

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1. The principal role of Customs administrations will change from revenue collection to that of monitoring compliance with ____________.

a) international trade agreements

b) general business skills

c) selling consumer goods

2. When a new technology is implanted, it is essential __________about simplicity, price and efficiency.

a) remembering

b) remember

c) to remember

3. Customs agency of the future must ___________up-to-date and deep information that can be easily analyzed.

a) to analyze and provide

b) analyze and provide

c) analyzing and providing

4. Customs will continue to be the expert authority on the __________across the national boundaries.

a) assessment of duties

b) movement of goods

c) certificate of origin

5. Customs Services of different countries meet to __________their experiences.

a) exchange

b) control

c) deal

6. We saw our colleague _________into the Customs hall.

a) to come

b) come

c) came

7. These baggage scanners are considered __________very effective.

a) being

b) been

c) to be

8. Customs agencies of the future will continuously _____________to developments in the trading environment.

a) to review and respond

b) reviewing and responding

c) review and respond

9. In the future, any physical intervention ____________cross-border goods will only affect a small minority of consignments.

a) inspected

b) inspect

c) to inspect

10. The world –class Customs organization of the future should be more effective and able to provide a __________.

a) large premise

b) better service

c) commercial system

11. This Customs inspector is difficult ___________.

a) deal with

b) dealing with

c) to deal with

12. Customs authorities are finding ways of carrying out their __________activities.

a) employment

b) equipment

c) enforcement

13. These annoyed passengers are hard __________.

a) to please

b) please

c) pleased

14. The Customs of the future can’t work without ___________.

a) qualitative judgement

b) advanced electronic technology

c) launched trade initiatives

15. He __________one of the most experienced Customs officers lately.

a) know to be

b) is known to have been

c) knew to be

16. Continuous improvement and better methods can help ___________real quality at the Customs.

a) achieving

b) being achieved

c) achieve

17. Decreased offences through improved compliance should __________in the performance of the Customs Service of the future.

a) be considered

b) to be considered

c) being considered

18. Technology is currently used __________the Customs organization through such activity as electronic data interchange.

a) support

b) supporting

c) to support

19. Customs will __________vigorously, fight the increasing drug smuggling and also work with businesses.

a) to encourage corruption

b) pursue fraud

c) following compliance

20. One of the top priorities for Customs is ___________the professionalism of staff.

a) to increase

b) increase

c) increased

21. In order ___________smuggling modern methods and techniques are being developed at the Customs.

a) prevent

b) to prevent

c) preventing

22. The work of the Russian Customs Service __________to be effective.

a) knows

b) is known

c) are known

23. There is one more technology ___________into the work of the Customs officers.

a) were introduced

b) be introduced

c) to be introduced

24. The Customs officer is entitled to __________every piece of passengers’ baggage.

a) rummage

b) take

c) present

25. In future biometric technologies at the Customs will play an ___________citizens, customers and travelers.

a) efficient role in discouraging

b) increasing role in protecting

c) unimportant role in operating

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