Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land.

 A

water as a

 B

water as to a

 C

water; just as it would to a

 D

water, as it would to the

 E

water; just as to the

【申友解析】

正确答案：B

考点：平行结构本句要表达的是一个对比结构，即：the same to A（someone） as to B（a person）。

A 缺少to ，造成句子的不平行，错误

B 正确

C 分号的使用使得句子不完整，错误

D it would的使用不正确，错误

E 分号使得句子不完整，错误