54. 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
 
1.       平行结构; ：（一级排除A,C,D,E）
 the same to X as to Y ; 形式平行； 对象范围的平行： someone / a person 泛指 对 泛指； someone / the person 不平行。

2. 代词： 代词指代的单复数平行

3. 分号： 分号后面需要是完整的句子。

4. 冠词 a/ the