单选题 The first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize was Jane Addams. However, Addams is best known as the founder of Hull House. Jane Addams was born in 1860, into a wealthy family. She was one of a small number of women in her generation to graduate from college. Her commitment to improving the lives of those around her led her to work for social reform.
In the 1880s Jane Addams traveled to Europe. While she was in London, she visited a "settlement house" called Toynbee Hall. Inspired by Toynbee Hall, Addams and her friend, Ellen Gates Start, opened Hull House in a neighborhood of slums in Chicago in 1899. Hull House provided a day care center for children of working mothers, a community kitchen, and visiting nurses. Addams and her staff gave classes in English literacy, art, and other subjects. Hull House also became a meeting place for clubs and labor unions. Most of the people who worked with Addams in Hull House were well educated, middle-class women. Hull House gave them an opportunity to use their education and it provided a training ground for careers in social work.
Before World War I, Addams was probably the most beloved woman in America. In a newspaper poll that asked "Who among our contemporaries are of the most value to the community?" Jane Addams was rated second, after Thomas Edison.

单选题 Which of the following subjects is this passage mainly concerned with?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】主旨题。文章第一段就点明主人公Jane Addams的身份及主要成就，接着第二段中便是她创立Hull House的经过。最后一段讲述的是世人对她的评价。所以B选项最符合文章大意。
单选题 Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】推断题。见文章第一段第二句话However，Addams is best known as the founder of Hull House(Addams最有名的便是作为Hull House的创立者)。因此可断定A项为正确选择。
单选题 The word "commitment" (Line 4,Para. 1) is closest in meaning to ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】词义推断题。单词commitment意义较多，故需要根据特定语境判断。从上下文中可知，Addams工作的主要目的是帮助贫困的人，所以句子Her commitment…work for social reform可理解为“她积极投身于改善周边人们的生活，为社会变革而工作”。在所有选项中，dedication意为“奉献、贡献”，最接近原词义。
单选题 Jane Addams was inspired to open Hull House because ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节题。见文章第二段第一至第三句：In the 1880s Jane Addams traveled…opened Hull House in a neighborhood of slums in Chicago in 1899(19世纪80年代，Jane Addams去欧洲旅行。在伦敦，她拜访了Toynbee Hall。受此启发，她与朋友Ellen Gates Starr于1899年在芝加哥的贫民街区开设了Hull House)。由此可见，Hull House创立的最直接原因是对Toynbee Hall的访问。因此，C项为正确选择。
单选题 The word "'their" (Line 8, Para. 2) refers to ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】推断题。类似习题大多只需反复阅读原句，找出指代关系即可。本句中their很明显与同句中them的指代有关，而them的指代又需再回复至前句Most of the people who worked with Addams in Hull House were well educated，middle-class women中去判断。这里复数概念的人称只有middle-class women。因此， B项为正确选择。