prep137，没人问过

137. Complex human traits such as artistic talent or social skill are likely to be shaped by thousands, if not tens of thousands, of the 80.000 or so genes in the human genome.

A. such as artistic talent or social skill are likely to be shaped by thousands, if not tens of thousands, of the 80,000 or so

B. such as artistic talent or social skill are likely shaped by thousands, if not tens of thousands, of 80,000 or so of the

C. such as artistic talent or social skill is likely to be shaped by thousands, if not tens of thousands, of 80,000 or so of the

D. like artistic talent or social skill is likely to be shaped by thousands, if not tens of thousands, of the 80,000 or so

E. like artistic talent or social skill are likely shaped by thousands, if not tens of thousands, of the 80,000 or so

又是只有我问，唉～～可能是我孤陋寡闻：（

CDE都很好排除，最后在AB之间选择。

为什么这里80000前面要加the？是表明一个整体的概念，有名词的性质吗？

还有这个so是个什么东东？后半句没懂

be likely to固定搭配

这个我知道。

现在不是只想做对这道题，而是涉及到的语法点都想搞明白。

没办法，基础差，又快考了。

再问～～～

the 80000 or so genes.与80000 or so of the genes.意思不同：前者是80000多个genes（总共这些），后者是genes中的80000多个（言外之意，还有更多genes）。

or so是个习语，就是大约的意思。

看OG上的例题:

176. As a result of the ground-breaking work of
            Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50.000 to 100.000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell's DNA.

(A)  50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely

(B)   50,000 to 100,000 of the human cell's
            different genes are contained in a mere

(C)  the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in human cells are contained in merely

(D)  50,000 to 100,000 of human cells' different
            genes is contained in merely

(E)   the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found
            in a human cell is contained in a mere

This question poses(造成，引起) two problems: subject-verb agreement and accuracy of expression. Choice E, the best answer, states the matter clearly and grammatically. The subject, all of the information, must be taken as singular because the mass noun information is singular. Choices A, B, and C all mistake the number of the subject and incorrectly use the plural verb are contained.
        A, B, and D do not make it clear whether 50,000 to 100,000 represents all or a fraction of the genes in a cell. C and D, by referring to cells in the plural, do not make it clear whether the number mentioned is to be found in each individual cell or in a collection of cells.

哇，果然闹闹出马，难题迎刃而解（怎么好像某句广告词）

thousands of the 80.000 or so genes in the human genome. 人类8万多个基因中的上千个

thousands  of 80,000 or so of the genes in the human genome人类基因中的8万多个中的上千个

就改变了句意了，是不是这么理解？

这个是OG10上面的例子吧？我用11的，所以没有看到数字前面加the这个用法过。

多谢了！！！

偶觉得你的理解和翻译都是正确的，两个表达方式意思是不同的。

这是OG10上的例子。