七、英文基础题（本大题共3小题，共15分）
27.阅读题（共2小分题，每小分题2.5分，共5分）
Einstein is a great scientist of the age. But this man was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity.
Once, while riding a street car in Berlin, he told the conductor that he didn’tgive him the right change. The conductor counted the change again and found it to be correct, so he handed it back to Einstein, saying:“The trouble with you is that you don’t know your figures.”
Einstein said that there were only twelve people living who understood his Theory of Relativity, although many books had been written to explain it.He had nothing but contempt for the things most people set their hearts on—for fame and riches and luxury.
He didn’t want money or praise. He made his own happiness out of such simple things as his work and playing the violin and sailing his boat. Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life. He said he often thought in music.
(??) (27-1).Einstein is a great scientist __________.
A. of the time?B. for many years?C. only for the recent years D. for a few scientists in the world
(??) (27-2).The conductor thought __________.
A. he was a mad man??????B. he was a great scientist
C. he was not able to do maths problems
D. he was a strange man who liked to find trouble
28.选择填空（共3小分题，每小分题1分，共3分）
(??)（28-1）.______ America Astronaut is going to give us _____ talk about space.
A. A; a?B. An; the?C. An; a?D. The; /
(??)（28-2）.Our teacher told us the moon always ______ around the earth.
A. moved?B. travels?C. went?D. moves
(??)（28-3）.Space plane flies far more quickly than ______.
A. planes?B. any plane?C. all kinds of planes
D. any other kind of planes
29.英文短文写作（共1小题，共7分）
今年暑期，你所在单位将组团前往澳大利亚参加天文交流活动。单位要求，由你写一篇有关你所在城市的简介，以便在交流活动期间向外国友人介绍和宣传你所在的城市。
要求：词数在60～80词之间。