真题例句：

• What's more, the area will improve the water quality of Baiyangdian Lake, one of the largest freshwater wetlands in North China.

  此外，该地区将改善白洋淀的水质，白洋淀是中国北方最大的淡水湿地之一。

  [2021年 锦州市卷 任务型阅读]

• He chose a tropical rainforest, a coral reef, the Table Mountain, a freshwater river, and a small park.

  他选择了热带雨林、珊瑚礁、桌山、一条淡水河和一个小公园。

  [2021年 衢州市卷 阅读理解]

• The Yangtze River provides one third of the country's freshwater resources.

  长江提供了中国三分之一的淡水资源。

  [2021年 贵港市卷 阅读理解 (二)]

真题例句：

• A survey of scientists found that extreme weather events, food insecurity, and freshwater shortages might create global collapse.

  一项对科学家的调查发现，极端天气事件、粮食不安全和淡水短缺可能会造成全球崩溃。

  [2021年 北京卷 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• California has been facing a drought for many years now, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system.

  加利福尼亚州多年来一直面临着干旱，某些地区甚至不得不将淡水抽到数百英里外的分配系统。

  [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]

• Research from the exhaustive study of groundwater from over 950 drilling logs has just been published. New estimates of the water reserves now go up to 2, 700 billion cubic meters of freshwater.

  刚刚发表了来自950多个钻头的详尽的地下水研究。对水储量的新估计现在达到了2.7万亿立方米的淡水。

  [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]

• Wells are much more reliable sources of freshwater, and California is hoping that these deep wells may be the answer to their severe water shortage.

  井是更可靠的淡水来源，加利福尼亚州希望这些深井能解决他们严重缺水的问题。

  [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]

真题例句：

• As the sea creeps into these freshwater marshes, however, rising salinity (盐分) is hampering rice production.

  然而，随着海水的逐渐渗入，这些淡水沼泽地中逐渐上升的盐分开始妨碍水稻的生产。

  [2018年 CET6 阅读理解]