Fill in the sentences with the present passive or the past passive forms. 1. The flag of the United Kingdom...(call) the Union Jack.
2. Thanksgiving...(celebrate) in November.
3. The Civil War...(fight) between 1860 and 1865.
4. Bagpipes...(make) of sheepskin. They...(play)in Scotland.
5. Abraham Lincoln...(shoot) in the theatre.
6. The Declaration of Independence...(sign) on July 4th? 1774.
7. The Washington Monument...(dedicate) to the first president of the USA.
8. The World Trade Center...(destoy) in a terrorist attack on September 11th?2001.
9. The Statue of Liberty...(give) to the Americans by the French.
10. The Metropolitan Museum(visit) by millions of art lovers every year.
11. Australia(call) Down Under.
12. Hockey...(invent) in Canada.
13. Computers and silicon chips...(produce) in Silicon Vallley.
14. The Republic of Ireland... (create) in 1921.
15. Wool from Australia ...(export) to many countries all over the world.
16. The Olympic Games 2000...(hold) in Sydney.

Dubai - sort of Heaven on EarthMy dream come true . In the summer of 2012 my parents and I flew to the United Arab Emirates . I just raved about this place , considering it a benchmark of luxury, wealth and beauty . Looking at the front say that my opinion has not changed niskolechko , but rather more in love with this country.Our trip took place in August , one might say , in the most " out of season ". Time for vacations and all that made their adjustments to plan a holiday. Well, save a little but .Wait indefinitely and that the airport ... plane landing ... ... five o'clock ... Sharjah . If anyone knows , it is one of the seven emirates . There was a long exhausting queues. We quickly checked the documents , " removed " the retina . When photographed , it still asked me, " Lins ? " ( Lenses? ) . Nothing you can not hide ) )Immediately change money at the airport . At the exit of tourists expected tour operators with signs that sit in buses and transported to hotels . A pleasant surprise was the rosette , which gave each tourist !

1. According to our customs regulations, this is not subject to customs tax.

2. Is this item subject to customs restrictions?

3. Personal belongings are usually not subject to duty if they do not exceed a certain quota.

4. At customs, the passenger's luggage is carefully checked by customs officers.

5. Sometimes customs officials search passengers' belongings thoroughly in order to prevent the smuggling of goods subject to customs duties.

6. It took me about two hours to go through all the formalities at customs.

7. If the passenger has any thing that falls under customs restrictions, he is asked to declare it in the declaration.

8. Only after passing through customs, the traveler can go to the hotel or any other place.

9. We exceeded the quota and had to pay a large amount of customs duty.

10. I am a citizen of Russia, here is my entry visa. The purpose of my trip to the UK is tourism.