OG12 SC32 would疑问

是这个用法，因为“人在船上和地面上看同一个东西”是Galileo的设想的场景，所以是imagined situation

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 OG 54.
(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

答案么有问题选B，但是would appear这里为什么是would, 是下面这个用法么
【IMAGINED SITUATIONS】
a) used when talking about a possible situation that you imagine or want to happen
如果不是，那是什么

求解释。。。谢谢啦~

那就不涉及神马虚拟语气了是吧
谢谢啦~

这个假定的场景，就是虚拟语气啊。。