Lingua inglese
Questa sezione valuta inglese amministrativo e doganale: comprensione di testi brevi, grammatica, lessico formale e scrittura di email. Le domande chiedono precisione, non fluency letteraria.
Core rules
- Use formal register: “We acknowledge receipt of…”, “Please find attached…”, “We would be grateful if…”; avoid contractions in formal notices.
- Modal verbs change obligation: must (obbligo), should (raccomandazione), may (possibilità/autorizzazione), might (possibilità remota).
- False friends are frequent: actual = effettivo, eventual = finale/possibile, lecture = lezione.
- In customs texts, distinguish duty, tax, fee, charge; origin, provenance; release for free circulation.
- Reading questions: locate the keyword, then verify the sentence; do not infer beyond the text.
Worked example
The consignment was not released because the declaration was incomplete. Question: why were the goods not released? The keyword is not released; the reason is declaration was incomplete. A distractor may say the duty was not paid, but the text does not state it. The correct answer stays close to the sentence. In a formal email, rewrite “We didn’t get the documents” as “We have not received the documents”; use present perfect and no contraction.
Traps
Choosing an answer with extra information; translating literally from Italian; using eventual for eventuale; mixing customs and excise; writing contractions in formal notices.