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厦门 一 中2023-2024学年高 一下学期第一次适应性练习 英语 story , ”says Peter Crane, a ginkgo expert. One theory for the decline of the ginkgo species began 130 million years ago, when flowering plants began spreading. They grew faster and attracted more pollinators (传粉者) than ginkgos.“It ’ s possible that ginkgos were pushed out of the way , '’ says Crane. Already competing to survive, ginkgos began to disappear during a time of global cooling that began around 66 million years ago. By the time the last ice age ended 11,000 years ago, the remaining survivors were found. in China. Ginkgo trees are smelly.“My guess is that they were eaten by animals that liked smelly things. They then passed through their body and grew.”Crane says. Those same seeds may have helped ginkgo find favor with humans 1,000 years ago. Once cleaned of their outer layer, ginkgo seeds are safe to eat. It ’ s then, when the trees had. long since disappeared elsewhere, that people in China may have begun planting them and eating their seeds. Then gradually ginkgos spread across the world. Now it’s seemingly naturally resistant to insects and high levels of air pollution. Crane isn ’t worried about its future, though. The popularity of the species will help it survive.“Though its status in the wild may be difficult to access, it ’ s a plant that’s unlikely to ever go extinct , '’ he says. D The Stanford marshmallow (棉花糖) test was originally conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel in the late 1960s. Children aged four to six at a nursery school were placed in a room. A single sugary treat, selected by the child, was placed on a table. Each child was told if they waited for 15 minutes before eating the treat, they would be given a second. treat. Then they were left alone in the room. Follow-up studies with the children later in life showed a connection between an ability to wait long enough to obtain a second treat and various fo口口S of success. As adults we face a version of the marshmallow test every day. We' re not te