Indonesian navy divers have retrieved one of the black boxes from crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501, a development that should help investigators work out why the Airbus A320 fell from the sky on December 28.

"The flight data recorder has been recovered and we're still looking for the cockpit voice recorder," said Bambang Soelistyo, head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, at a press conference on Monday morning. He said the recorder had been picked up just after 7am on Monday.

The flight data recorder contains detailed information about the aircraft's operation, while the cockpit voice recorder stores discussions between the pilots and with air traffic control. These devices will be crucial for investigators trying to make sure what happened to the flight, which disappeared from radar amid bad weather midway through a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia's second city, to Singapore.

Search and rescue teams from Indonesia and countries including the US and Singapore have for the past two weeks been scouring the Java Sea for wreckage, bodies and the black boxes. Bad weather and violent seas limited the initial search but improving conditions in the past few days allowed divers to find the aircraft's tail section and now the first black box.

From the 162 passengers and crew on board, the rescue team has recovered 48 bodies, of which 32 have been identified.

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1.When did the Airbus A320 fell from the sky?

A On December 28, 2015.

B On December 28, 2014.

C On November 28, 2015.

D On November 28, 2014.

解析：选B。B 判断推理题。根据第一段最后一句可知亚航失事是12月28日，现在才2015年年初，所以应该是2014年12月28日失事，故选B。

2.Surabaya is a city of__________.

A Singapore

B the US

C Malaysia

D Indonesia

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句…Surabaya, Indonesia's second city,…可知，故选D。

3.“The first black box” in the passage refers to_________.

A the flight data recorder.

B the cockpit voice recorder.

C the aircraft's tail section.

D the wreckage.

解析：选A。A 内容理解题。根据第二段第一句"The flight data recorder has been recovered and we're still looking for the cockpit voice recorder,"以及第四段最末尾的…find the aircraft's tail section and now the first black box.可知，故选A。

4.How many bodies have been identified so far?

A 32

B 48

C 162

D 2

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，故选A。

5.Which statement is RIGHT according to the passgae?

A The flight data recorder helped work out why the plane crashed.

B The cockpit voice recorder recorded the talks between the passengers.

C The black boxes are very important in the investigation of the crash.

D The cockpit voice recorder will be found soon according to Bambang Soelistyo.

解析：选C。C 内容理解题。飞行记录仪被找到并不意味着飞机失事原因就找到了，A选项错；驾驶舱记录仪记录的是飞行员之间以及飞行员与空中管制中心的对话而不是乘客之间的对话，B选项错；文章并未提到驾驶舱记录仪很快会被找到，D选项错；故选C。