RFB 2018 — Questão 20 · Língua Inglesa - Compreensão e Interpretação de Texto
Língua Inglesa - Compreensão e Interpretação de Texto
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Considering the text below as a historical account on the extinct United States Custom Service, whose activities are nowadays carried out by the U.S. Customs and Border Control, answer question 20.
The agency known as the United States Customs
Service collects the revenue from imports and
enforces customs and related laws and also
administers the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and
5 other customs laws. Some of the responsibilities
which the Customs Service is specifically charged
with are as follows: properly assessing and collecting
customs duties, excise taxes, fees, and penalties
due on imported merchandise; interdicting and
10 seizing contraband, including narcotics and illegal
drugs; processing persons, carriers, cargo, and
mail into and out of the United States; administering
certain navigation laws; detecting and apprehending
persons engaged in fraudulent practices designed
15 to circumvent customs and related laws; protecting
American business and labor by enforcing statutes
and regulations such as the Anti-dumping Act and
those regarding countervailing duties.
(Source: Henry Campbell Black. Customs Service. Black’s Law Dictionary. 6th Edition. St. Paul (MINN.), West Publishing: 1990. p. 386. Adapted)
Regarding the words and expressions underlined in the text:
Alternativas
- A
“collects”, “imports”, and “enforces” are verbs in the third person singular.
- B
“excise taxes” are duties which a person pays directly for entering the U.S.
- C
“seizing” means Customs officers may take home any illegal good they find.
- D
“processing” is used to indicate that the American Customs can take people to court.
- E
“countervailing duties” are duties used to neutralize the negative effects of subsidies.
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