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oldereaper

123. 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
答案给的是E，可是我有一个疑问，in a mere 和 in merely相同么？
mere和merely词性就不同，而且mere应该是修饰three pecent的，而merely则是修饰后面整个短语的。
请教大家了

llindar

in merely three percent of the cell’s DNA，MERELY是副词，在介词后、名

词前是错误的。

lzgzszcas

A/B/D错

C后面the cell's DNA推得前面一定是单数

这里与in a mere与in merely无关

走错方向了

cheryong

请问B为什么错，谢谢！

almarabbit08

merely可以修饰名词，这种用法很常见，和mere意思不同。