[单选题]四、IV. Reading Comprehension ( 60 points )
A根据以下材料，回答36-39题Passage TwoCopernicuswas born in Torun, Poland, on February 19,1473. Little is known about his earlylife except that his father died when he was 10. An uncle adopted him, his twosisters, his brother.The uncle saw to it that the two boys received a goodeducation. Copernicus went to the University of Cracow. There he studied suchsubjects as Latin, mathematics, astronomy. It was probably at that timethat he changed his Polish name, Niklas Koppernigk, to the Latin form ofNicolaus Copernicus.In 1496 Copernicus went to Italy,where he spent the next 10 yearsstudying at various universities. In Copernicus′ time people still believedthat all things--the sun, the stars, the planets moved around the earth. Itwas an old belief that few men had ever questioned. Aristotle had based histheory of astronomy on this belief. Because the Church had long been the centerof learning, the theory was also linked to religious beliefs. In 1506 Copernicus returned to his homeland. A few years later he beganto work for the Church. All those years Copernicus carried on his work inastronomy. He had just the most basic equipment and, like other scientists ofhis day, made observations with only his eyes. Still, using mathematics logic,Copernicus worked out a different theory,which held that the planets wentaround the sun.Copernicus did not announce his ideas. He did not want to maketrouble. But he could not hide the scientific truth. So he talked about histheory with his friends, who strongly advised him to have his work published.His great book, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, appeared at the veryend of his life. Copernicus saw the first copy on the day he died, May 24,1543.[单选题] From the passage we can seethat astronomy is __ A.the life experience of great men
Bthe movement of the stars theplanets
Cthe scientific study of natural objectsin space
Dthe theories developed by scientists ofold times
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从哥白尼学的是天文学(astron-omy)，研究的是太空中的太阳地球等可知，astronomy就是对太空中天体的研究
