单选题
The word "proven" (Line 4, Para. 1) is closest in meaning to which of the following?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查语义判断。第一段最后一句:“But it was not until almost the end of the nineteenth century that a true virus was proven to be the cause of a disease.(但是,几乎直到19世纪末,人们才证明病毒导致疾病。)”可知[A]与文中proven的意思相近;而[B],[C]和[D]的意思与proven相差较远。