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It's made to believe,
Women are the same as Men;
Are you not convinced,
Daughters can also be heroic?
This is a poem written by Wang Zhenyi. As a pioneering woman in many fields, including science, maths, geography, literature, archery, horseback riding, and medicine, she lived a short but colourful life.
Back in the Qing Dynasty, women were not allowed to have an education. However, being a girl full of curiosity, Wang Zhenyi tried to teach herself to explore the world. Her family also supported her. Her grandfather shared with her a good collection of books and the basic rules of astronomy while her father taught her maths.
At 16, Wang continued to study on her own. Sometimes she felt upset when she didn't understand some ideas. But she said, "I won't give up because I love the subject so much."
Wang Zhenyi believed that science should be spread to more than just the well-educated. The more people learnt about the world, the bigger progress the society would achieve. At that time, people believed natural events such as eclipses(日食;月食) were the signs of gods' anger. Wang decided to create models to explain how they happened. A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon in a straight line(Sun—Earth—Moon). Earth blocks the Sun's light from reaching the Moon, and the Moon moves into Earth's shadow. Wang used a light as the Sun, a mirror as the Moon and a round table as the Earth. By moving the objects around, she was able to explain how a lunar eclipse appeared. She spent years working on the difficult scientific rules and laws and explained them in simple language to readers.
Sadly, Wang died of a disease at 29. Worse still, most of her works have become lost, including six books on maths and astronomy. Although Wang lived in the old times, she believed a woman could develop her talents to the fullest. She is a role model to girls today. In 1994, the International Astronomical Union recognized her bright spirit by naming a meteorite crater(陨石坑) on Venus after her.
（D）6. What do we know about Wang Zhenyi's learning?
A. She received an excellent school education.
B. She learnt maths to support her family.
C. She found it easy to understand science.
D. She was taught by her family and also taught herself.
（C）7. Why did Wang Zhenyi do the experiment?
A. To study the universe.
B. To record it in her book.
C. To help people understand nature.
D. To carry out scientific research.
（C）8. 新考法 图片选择 Which picture of Wang's experiment shows the lunar eclipse?

（D）9. （新考法 写作意图）Why does the writer mention the poem? A. To support women's rights. B. To respect the family's wishes. C. To show Wang was a great poet. D. To express the belief in women's talent.