Английский язык. Конова М.А. - 65 стр.

    5) The U.S. Customs Service was among the very first of the federal agencies
       to come to life.

      10.5 Do you know that on a typical day, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection...

           Protects more than:                            Manages:
    5,000 miles of border with Canada                 317 ports of entry
    1,900 miles of border with Mexico       20 sectors with 33 border checkpoints
        95,000 miles of shoreline                 between the ports of entry

                                  Processes more than:
  1.1 million passengers and pedestrians, including 724,192 aliens, 64,432 truck,
  rail, and sea containers, 2,639 aircraft, 365,079 vehicles, 75,734 merchandise
  entries, and collected $74 million in revenue

          Executes more than:                           Refuses entry of:
       135 arrests at ports of entry        1,237 non-citizens at our ports of entry
   3,179 arrests between ports of entry      54 criminal aliens attempting to enter
                                                        the United States
                               Seizes an average of:
      2,313 pounds of narcotics in 131 narcotic seizures at our ports of entry
        3,634 pounds of narcotics in 24 seizures between our ports of entry
    $205,576 in currency; 193 firearms; 49 vehicles between our ports of entry
   4,224 prohibited plant materials or animal products, including 189 significant
                 agriculture pest interceptions at our ports of entry

            Rescues more than:                        Intercepts more than:
      4 illegal crossers in dangerous              210 fraudulent documents
   conditions between our ports of entry        1 traveler for terrorism/national
                                                security concerns; 1 stowaway

      10.6 Grammar Assignments

    10.6.1 Read the following text and fill in the gaps with suitable words from
   the box given below:

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mission Statement
We are the ….. of our Nation’s borders. We are America’s frontline.
We ….. the American homeland at and ….. our borders.
We ….. the American public against terrorists and the instruments of terror.
We steadfastly enforce the laws of the United States while ….. our Nation’s
economic security through lawful international trade and travel.