(单选题)

Why does the author mentions Newton?

A.To show respect for his great scientific work of gravity.

B.To provide evidence that the universe is not expanding.

C.To give one example of a supporter of the expanding universe theory.

D.To show that the expanding universe theory might have been discovered earlier.

参考答案：D

参考解析：

细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“This behavior of the universe could have been predicted from Newton’s theory of gravity at any time in the nineteenth, the eighteenth, or even the late seventeenth centuries.”可知，这种宇宙行为本来能够在十九世纪、十八世纪、甚至十七世纪晚期就能从牛顿的重力理论里被预测。因此，牛顿本来可以在更早的世纪发现这一理论。故选D。

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