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  3. Smugglers try to bring illegal items into the United States every day. People who travel to foreign countries sometimes try to a

Smugglers try to bring illegal items into the United States every day. People who travel to foreign countries sometimes try to a

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问题     Smugglers try to bring illegal items into the United States every day. People who travel to foreign countries sometimes try to avoid paying duty taxes on items they (47)______ on vacation. Some people try to enter our country (48)______. Who prevents these things from happening? This is the job of U.S. Customs Inspectors
    Customs officials work at (49)______ points to America. This includes airports, seaports, and our borders with Mexico and Canada. They work to prevent people from illegally entering America from, (50)______ countries and inspect items brought into the United States. They also work to prevent illegal drugs and (51)______ from coming to America. Inspectors must be very (52)______. Many tricks are used to smuggle both people and items into our country.
    American citizens who travel to other Countries also (53)______ customs officials. When people travel, they may purchase items to bring home. This merchandise must be (54)______. Customs officials inspect items and receipts to assess a duty tax. A person may bring eight hundred dollar worth of merchandise into America without paying a duty tax. Some people try to hide expensive items to avoid paying this tax. Sometimes people try to bring banned items to the U.S. Our laws (55)______ certain types of plants, foods, animals, and products from coming into our country.  These laws are for our (56)______. Plants and foods may carry harmful insects or diseases. Customs officials check carefully to make sure proper taxes are paid and banned items do not come into our country.

                 Word Bank:
A. encounter                   I. entry
B. protection                  J. terrorists
C. dangerous                   K. honest
D. observant                   L. foreign
E. illegally                   M. prohibit
F. environment                 N. freely
G. purchase                    O. declared
H. protected

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答案J
解析 从句法结构看，该题应填入一个名词，并且与illegal drugs构成并列结构，选项中的名词有protection，environment， entry，terrorists。从语境看，海关官员的工作是防止非法的人或物进入美国，因此该题应填入一个带有贬义色彩的单词，很显然，只有terrorists最符合这一语境。
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