第二节完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从41～55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  41  on Saint-Exupery's mysterious disappearance about sixty years ago.
The author of "The Little Prince" disappeared completely during World War II while      42  a group of men for the Allies (联盟)over  43  of 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  44  the French port of Marseilles. A state ban (禁令) on  45 dives in the area delayed further searches until October 2003. At that time, a salvage (打捞)team  46  pieces of the aircraft's landing parts and engine. One of the pieces  47  a maker's number. It wasn't until last Wednesday that  the researchers 48  confirmed that it belonged to Saint-Exupery’s plane.
Saint-Exupery was 44 when he  49   out to photograph parts of southern France in  50  for the Allied landings there, but was never seen again. Repeated searches of the coast  51   to turn up the aircraft, leaving the author's disappearance  52  in mystery. The discovery was a dream for  53  , even if it did not explain why the plane came down.
Saint Exupery was a great adventurer whose life and  54   turned him into one of the country's biggest heroes. "The Little Prince" is a tale about a little boy who tells his      55   to a pilot he meets in the Sahara Desert.
41.A. ideas                   B. light                 C. thought                    D. views
42.A. sending           B. seeing off          C. flying                      D. being together with
43.A. the east                  B. the west          C. the north            D. the south
44.A. along            B. off                 C. over                         D. to
45.A. late                   B. immediate       C. further                   D. new
46A. searched         B. got                 C. found out               D. recovered
47.A. got                   B. bore                  C. made                     D. put
48.A.surely                  B. carefully         C. completely             D. finally
49.A. sent                     B. flew                  C. turned                  D. came
50.A. preparation        B. search             C. group                    D. secret
51.A. succeeded      B. failed             C. got                          D. missed
52.A. recovered      B. covered          C. unknown                  D. known
53.A. dives                B. France            C. authors                  D. historians
54.A. books                  B. stories           C. plane                       D. war
55.A. discoveries       B. author       C. experiences            D. searches