再问OG176，the的用法

cher6068

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 cell’s 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
答案是E我没问题，可是在读题的时候我怎么就知道人类的一个细胞（a human cell）中到底含有多少个不同的基（differet genes）呢？是50，000－100，000个，还是多于1000000个？不知道NN们在做这题时是怎么判断的，有人能指教一下吗？

三脚猫

不太明白MM的问题在哪里，原题里不已经说明found in a human cell了吗？

cher6068

我的问题是，我们在第一遍读题的时候，好像没有任何线索可以知道人的一个细胞中到底有多少个不同的genes，是50,000-100,000呢，还是多于100,000呢？如果是后者，“ the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a meret hree percent of the cell’s DNA”这种表达不就是有问题的了吗？如果多于100,000个，那么就不应该用“the”了，不知我说清楚了没有，请继续指教！

ESeraph

the应该是特指这些基因的，换句话说the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell 是被特殊强调的