I. Please merge the two texts and rewrite them into a short essay of approximately 300 words. Design a 10-option Banked Cloze Test with a difficulty level suitable for 12th-grade students
at Kaohsiung Girls' Senior High School. Answers must be provided.

Passage A:
     As our daily existence increasingly migrates to the cloud, the management of our digital legacy has surfaced as a painful social dilemma. For grieving families, access to a deceased loved one's social
media and cloud storage is far more than a matter of curiosity; it is a vital component of the healing process. In the past, memories were preserved in physical photo albums or handwritten letters. Today,
these precious records are locked behind rigid security protocols, leaving families emotionally stranded.

   Advocates for "digital inheritance" laws argue that these assets should be legally recognized as personal property, passing automatically to the next of kin. Without such protections, technology
companies act as unintended gatekeepers, often deleting years of family history due to "inactivity."Furthermore, many individuals now store crucial information-ranging from final letters to financial
details--exclusively in digital formats. To deny family access is to ignore the reality of how one lives and loves in the 21st century. The emotional and practical value of these records demands a radical
shift in the legal definitions of ownership, ensuring that a person's legacy does not expire the moment their heart stops beating.

Passage B:
     The debate over the digital afterlife rests on a fundamental philosophical question: should our online presence be treated as transferable property or as a private, lifelong extension of our personality?
While the emotional plea of grieving families is moving, technology companies face a conflicting duty: the absolute preservation of user privacy. A digital account is not merely a modern photo album; it is
a vast archive of private interactions, many of which the user may have intended to keep confidential,even from relatives.

    Granting third-party access even to legal heirs-would set a dangerous precedent that undermines the privacy of encrypted data. Tech firms argue that opening a deceased person's messages
could unintentionally expose the sensitive data of other living individuals who communicated with that user under the assumption of privacy. This would constitute a betrayal of trust. Instead of intrusive  laws, the focus should remain on "proactive management." Many platforms now offer tools like "legacy contacts," empowering users to decide the fate of their data long before they pass away. By
utilizing these features, users can exercise their human agency, deciding what to share and what to take to the grave, which effectively protects the privacy of the deceased and their contacts over the
emotional comfort of the living.