Ⅰ.阅读理解
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Digital hoarding(also known as e-hoarding or data hoarding) means accumulating(积累) a large quantity of electronic materials,even though it is no longer valuable to the user.
Antoinette,25,said,“Though not well-organized,the WhatsApp chat with my best friends in high school will never be deleted.It’s interesting looking back at the start of the relationship so many years ago and who I was then,and I can see how the relationship has changed.”
Besides the “friends” we keep on social media,digital files,folders,music,movies and computer programs are also forms of digital hoarding.Both undergraduates and graduates expressed feeling overwhelmed with masses of technological leftover data:lecture notes,PowerPoint slides,PDFs of research,snapshots of classroom whiteboards — not to mention their own ever-increasing Meta friends they didn’t know but were afraid of unfriending.
I am also a digital hoarder.My first home screen is filled with apps I use every day—Meta,Spotify,Twitter,Outlook,Weather,etc.My second home screen has apps that I don’t use quite as much,but still want within easy reach—billing apps,shopping,and smart home apps.My third home screen is where things get complex and out of control,just a mess of games,business-related apps,and a ton of miscellaneous data that are hard to be grouped into one category.I keep telling myself maybe I’ll need them one day that has never come and probably never will.
Hoarders fall into different categories.“Collectors” are organized,systematic and in control of their data.“Accidental hoarders” are disorganized,don’t know what they have,and don’t have control over it.The “compliant hoarders” keep data on behalf of their companies.Finally,“anxious hoarders” have strong emotional ties to their data and are worried about deleting it.
People are more resistant when it comes to actually getting rid of their precious possessions—perhaps because they have treated these lifeless possessions as if they had thoughts and feelings.
1.Why does the author write the text?
A.To introduce digital collectors.
B.To present a modern phenomenon.
C.To advertise digital hoarding.
D.To offer tips on handling e-data.
2.What does the underlined word “miscellaneous” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A.Diverse. B.Reliable.
C.Precise. D.Suitable.
3.Which type of digital hoarder does Antoinette belong to?
A.Collectors. B.Accidental hoarders.
C.Compliant hoarder. D.Anxious hoarders.
4.What is the author’s attitude towards digital hoarding?
A.Doubtful. B.Disapproving.
C.Tolerant. D.Uncaring.
