is the nearly unlimited repository where the information we encounter as we go through life ends up

The correct answer is Long-Term Memory.

Long-term memory refers to the storage of information over an extended period. If you can remember something that happened more than just a few moments ago whether it occurred just hours ago or decades earlier, then it is a long-term memory. Most cognitive scientists believe that the storage capacity of long-term memory is unlimited and is a permanent record of everything that a person has learned. You are not directly conscious of long-term memory.

if you have to make a general question and respond to your thoughts, then this isn't really a question someone can you on. read the passage, form your question, and answer using your thoughts. no one else can understand how you interpreted this text if you don't tell us.