UNIT 4 课时跟踪检测(三) 阅读写作融会练（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修2 （译林版）

UNIT 4 课时跟踪检测(三) 阅读写作融会练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Singapore uses about two billion liters of water every day — a number which it expects could double in the next four decades. That kind of consumption is adding pressure to the Asian city-state to address growing concern about global water shortages.So it's building new technology to prepare itself for a future where obtaining clean water will be even more difficult.“Singapore truly has become a global water center，” said Shane Snyder, executive director of the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.“But as it stands, it imports approximately 40% of its water today.And with climate change, that water has become far less dependable.” Singapore, meanwhile, is home to more than five million people and is covered in fountains, reservoirs and other water features (水景设计) — including the world's tallest indoor waterfall, the Rain Vortex that pumps about 45,000 liters of water per minute.But it has no natural water sources of its own.Instead, it relies heavily on recycled water and imports from its neighbors. Snyder's research facility is one of several places developing solutions to Singapore's water dependency.The hope is to create projects that could be used across the city.“As reliable water may quickly change, we have to be prepared, and we have to be thinking about the basic facilities in advance，” Snyder said.“There's a big drive to become water independent — to control our own future — and that is largely dependent on the technologies we're developing.” Another company, Wateroam, is already taking innovation from Singapore to the rest of the region.Founded in 2014, Wateroam says it has developed a lightweight, portable filtration (过滤) device that has already provided clean drinking water for more than 75,000 people across Southeast Asia.The CEO of Wateroam David Pong said one of the most innovative aspects of the product is its simplicity.The water filtration device is no b