Ⅲ. 阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给词的正确形式填空。每空不超过两词。
Wang Zhenyi was a great woman scientist and poet during the Qing Dynasty.
Wang was born in 31. rich family in Anhui Province in 1768. At that time, girls couldn't get a good education, but her father encouraged her 32. (study). When she was young, she learnt many different 33. (subject), such as maths and astronomy (天文学). At the age of 18, she began studying them by 34. (she). 35. the following years, she wrote several books to explain difficult 36. (science) ideas in simple ways. She made a model with a lamp, a table and a mirror. She proved that eclipses (月食) are natural events with the model in the end. 37. an important discovery it was! Wang also wrote some poems which described the lives of poor people and talked about social problems.
Sadly, Wang 38. (die) when she was only 29 years old. Even though her life was short, her thoughts and 39. (discovery) live on. In 2000, a planet was named after her. Her spirit and hard work continue 40. (inspire) people today.

31. a 32. to study 33. subjects
34. herself 35. In 36. scientific
37. What 38. died
39. discoveries 40. to inspire

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合固定搭配、词性变化、语法规则等逐一解题：1. 第31空泛指“一个富裕的家庭”，需用不定冠词；2. 第32空考查固定搭配encourage sb to do sth；3. 第33空many后接可数名词复数；4. 第34空考查反身代词固定搭配by oneself；5. 第35空考查固定介词短语in the following years；6. 第36空需用形容词修饰名词；7. 第37空考查感叹句引导词；8. 第38空描述过去动作需用一般过去时；9. 第39空and连接并列复数名词；10. 第40空考查固定搭配continue to do sth。
【解析】
31. 泛指“一个富裕的家庭”，用不定冠词a；32. 固定搭配encourage sb to do sth，填to study；33. many后接可数名词复数，subject变复数subjects；34. by oneself对应主语she，用反身代词herself；35. 固定短语in the following years，介词用In；36. 修饰名词ideas需用形容词，science变形容词scientific；37. 感叹句中心词为名词，用What引导；38. 描述过去发生的动作，die变过去式died；39. and连接并列复数名词，discovery变复数discoveries；40. 固定搭配continue to do sth，填to inspire。
【答案】
31. a 32. to study 33. subjects 34. herself 35. In 36. scientific 37. What 38. died 39. discoveries 40. to inspire
【知识点】
基础语法；固定搭配；词性转换
【点评】
本题围绕清代女科学家王贞仪展开，考查英语基础语法与常用固定搭配，知识点均为初中阶段核心内容，难度适中，适合学生巩固基础。
【难度系数】
0.8