阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Saint-Ex back from the dead
The French Government confirmed last Wednesday that pieces found at the bottom of the Mediterranean belonged to a plane piloted by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, one of France's most beloved authors. The discovery throws some 1on Saint-Exupery's mysterious disappearance about sixty years ago.
The author of "The Little Prince" disappeared completely during World War II while 2a group of men for the Allies (联盟)over 3of France on July 31, 1944. But in May 2000, a professional diver discovered the remains of a Lockheed Lightning P38 plane thrown here and there on the seabed in 70 metres of water 4the French port of Marseilles. A state ban (禁令) on 5dives in the area delayed further searches until October 2003. At that time, a salvage (打捞)team 6pieces of the aircraft's landing parts and engine. One of the pieces 7a maker's number. It wasn't until last Wednesday that the researchers 8confirmed that it belonged to Saint-Exupery’s plane.
Saint-Exupery was 44 when he 9out to photograph parts of southern France in 10for the Allied landings there, but was never seen again. Repeated searches of the coast 11to turn up the aircraft, leaving the author's disappearance 12in mystery. The discovery was a dream for 13, even if it did not explain why the plane came down.
Saint Exupery was a great adventurer whose life and 14turned him into one of the country's biggest heroes. "The Little Prince" is a tale about a little boy who tells his 15to a pilot he meets in the Sahara Desert.
1.A. ideas B. light C. thought D. views
2.A. sending B. seeing off C. flying D. being together with
3.A. the east B. the west C. the north D. the south
4.A. along B. off C. over D. to
5.A. late B. immediate C. further D. new
6.A. searched B. got C. found out D. recovered
7.A. got B. bore C. made D. put
8.A.surely B. carefully C. completely D. finally
9.A. sent B. flew C. turned D. came
10.A. preparation B. search C. group D. secret
11.A. succeeded B. failed C. got D. missed
12.A. recovered B. covered C. unknown D. known
13.A. dives B. France C. authors D. historians
14.A. books B. stories C. plane D. war
15.A. discoveries B. author C. experiences D. searches
If you live in the countryside , ____ are that you have heard birds singing to welcome the new day.
A. situations B. facts C. chances D. possibilities
Since he has made such good preparations , there ______be any difficulty in winning the first prize.
A. mustn’t B. shan’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
He is a man who is difficult ____.
A. to satisfy with B. to be satisfied with C. to satisfy D. to be satisfied
---Where is my new football shoes, Mum? I need them to play football with my friends.
---I haven’t seen them. You ____ somewhere in your room.
A. ought to put it B. might put it C. must put it D. may have put it
Is this the computer you want to _____?
A. repair it B. have it repaired C. be repaired D. have repaired
