托福阅读机经练习大规模物种灭绝.docVIP

托福阅读机经练习：大规模物种灭绝 在短短的地质时间间隔内有许大量物种灭绝，这些现象就被称为大规模物种灭绝。在白垩纪时期后期 大约七千万年前 曾经发生过一次大规模物种灭绝。在二叠纪时期后期 大约两亿五千万年前 又发生过一次规模更大的大规模物种灭绝。 　　Mass Extinctions 　　Cases in which many species become extinct within a geologically short interval of time are called mass extinctions. There was one such event at the end of the Cretaceous period around 70 million years ago . There was another, even larger, mass extinction at the end of the Permian period around 250 million years ago . The Permian event has attracted much less attention than other mass extinctions because mostly unfamiliar species perished at that t