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Priprema za maturski ispit ENGLESKI JEZIK

Write the correct form of the word in the brackets to complete the gaps. There is an example
(0) at the beginning.
Shopping with bare hands
The future of grocery shopping changed in Canada last Monday when one of the largest
supermarket chains in the country offered fingerprint (0)…identification...(IDENTIFY) as a
method of (1)………………..(PAY) for the first time in its stores. Before launching the new system,
they carried out an (2)………………..(OPINE) survey among their regular customers to measure
their interest in this new technology. In only 48 hours over 200 applications to use the system
were received at the supermarket’s headquarters. In order to use this method as an
(3)………………..(ALTERNATE) to card or cash, (4)……………….. (SHOP) had their fingerprints
previously registered on a secure database. Based on the fingerprint´s
(5)………………..(MEASURE) , the system generates an encrypted number that is then linked to
the customer’s identity and bank details. This code is (6)………………..(DECIPHER) except by
authorized users.
To pay for their shopping, customers only have to place their fingerprint on a reader, which
compares the scanned image to the information in the database and either approves or
declines the (7)………………..(TRANSACT) . This process only takes a few seconds. The innovative
system has quickly gained (8)……………….(POPULAR). among customers who enjoy carrying
nothing with them but their own hands when they go shopping. They seem to be convinced of
the safety of the system as the chances are one in 250 million that two people have the same
fingerprint.

Write the correct form of the word in the brackets to complete the gaps.
There is an example (0) at the beginning.
'Forest Bathing'
My forest walk concluded with a tea ceremony of foraged California bay leaves. They’d been
steeped in a thermos of hot water my 0 instructor (instruct) had brought along. Everyone
pooled their snacks together. The group discussed how we felt before and after the walk.
Several noted a (1) ___________________ (significance) drop in (2)_______________________
(anxious), including myself. I had come to the woods that day as an experienced thru-hiker,
with the hope forest bathing would feel like microdosing a rest day on the Appalachian Trail.
And to an extent it did, even without the associated prolonged (3) ______________________
(exert) and endorphins. Transformations come in packages big and small. What forest bathing
got me to do for the first time since leaving the A.T. was (4) ______________________
(priority) my mental health. I could have been recreating with friends in a number of different
ways, or working on writing (5) ______________________ (assign), or on chores at home.

BA, prof

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