（2025届湖北省高中名校联盟高三下学期第四次联合测评英语试题）In the future, discovering old digital records, such as floppy disks or VHS tapes, could lead to both excitement and disappointment. While these physical items may still exist, it would be difficult to find devices to access their information. This contrasts with older items, like letters and photographs, which are immediately accessible to anyone with eyes.
Digital technology has greatly expanded our ability to store information, but the challenge is how long this information will remain accessible. In the context of found digital media, the problem is not the longevity of the records themselves but the lack of suitable devices to read them. Most software and apps used to create documents and websites in the past are already outdated, and in the future, they may no longer be available. The issue is even more complicated with interactive apps and websites, which may be inaccessible in the distant future.
Vint Cerf, a Google vice president, warns that if no action is taken, future generations might view our era as the “digital dark ages.” He uses the term “bit rot” to describe how digital records may slowly become inaccessible. Many experts, including computer scientist Mahadev Satyanarayanan, are working to find solutions. Satyanarayanan has developed a method to store digital records along with the original operating systems and applications in the cloud, preserving them for future access.
Both Cerf and Satyanarayanan emphasize the need for careful preservation of digital records. Unlike physical items like photographs, where the decision to save or remove is less critical, digital records require active decisions about what to keep. Satyanarayanan believes important records, such as government documents or major news stories, will likely be moved to new forms of storage technology. However, the records of everyday life — the ones we do not yet recognize as valuable — may be at risk of disappearing into the digital dark ages.
84．What is the main problem with old digital records?
A．Their physical durability. B．Lack of matching devices.
C．Unreadability of records. D．Limited storage capacity.
85．What does the author want to explain by mentioning the term “bit rot” in paragraph 3?
A．The leak of digital data. B．The poor shift in cloud data.
C．Stored data damage. D．Loss of data access.
86．Which might be the outcome for important records according to Satyanarayanan?
A．Gradually losing them. B．Randomly preserving them.
C．Physically storing them. D．Potentially relocating them.
87．What is the author’s attitude toward the preservation of digital records?
A．Concerned. B．Tolerant. C．Supportive. D．Optimistic.
【答案】84．B 85．D 86．D 87．A
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