1905, she was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

　　2．Jane Addams

　　Jane Addams, best known as the founder of Hull­House, a settlement house in Chicago, was active in peace efforts during World War Ⅰ with the International Congress of Women. Jane Addams also helped to found the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She was nominated (提名) numerous times, but the Prize went each time to others until 1931. She was, by that time, in poor health, and could not travel to accept the Prize.

　　3．Mother Teresa

　　Born in Skopje, Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in India and focused on serving the dying. She was skilled at publicizing her order's work and thus financing the expansion of its services. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in bringing help to suffering humanity.

　　4．Wangari Maathai

　　Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt movement in Kenya in 1977, which has planted more than 10 million trees to prevent soil erosion (流失) and provide firewood for cooking fires. Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be named a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, honored for her contribution to sustainable development and peace.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章向我们介绍了四位女性诺贝尔和平奖得主。

　　5．What can we know from the first paragraph?

　　A．Women contributed less to the world than men.

　　B．Women were not as active as men in keeping the world peace.

　　C．Women won more Nobel Peace Prizes than men in recent decades.

　　D．Women Nobel Peace laureates are still fewer in number than men.

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一段第一句中的"Women Nobel Peace Prize laureates are fewer in number than men"可知答案为D。

　　6．What can we learn about Jane Addams?

　　A．She set up a settlement house.

B．She was a friend of Alfred Nobel's.