A．win other students' support

　　B．show the importance of sleep

　　C．make her school's plan known

　　D．ask her school to help some students

　　解析：选A　推理判断题。由第二段第一句中的"encourage other students to join her"和"got 200­plus signatures"可推断，为了和学校董事会抗争，吉莉在网上发起了请愿活动，以获得其他同学的支持。

　　3．According to Paragraph 3, why do many schools start school early?

　　A．To save electricity in the evening.

　　B．To encourage students to sleep earlier.

　　C．To spare the time for outdoor practice.

　　D．To make students spend more time at school.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。由第三段最后一句中的"They allow outdoor athletic teams to practice after school while the sun is still out."可得出答案。

　　4．What did Jilly do before the school board meeting?

　　A．She wrote to newspapers and magazines.

　　B．She studied the advantages of more sleep.

　　C．She visited members of the school board.

　　D．She traveled around schools across the U．S.

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。由第四段第一句中的"Jilly learned all of the ways that more sleep makes for better students"可得出答案。

　　B

　　I have many new teachers in high school, but Lori Runkle, my English Language and Composition teacher, is my favorite teacher.

　　Ms. Runkle enjoys getting to know more about students, so I have many chances to talk with her after class. I have always wanted to become a journalist. Since Ms. Runkle used to be a journalist back in the United States, she has introduced many helpful journalistic writing skills to me.

　　Although she is my teacher, Ms. Runkle and I are more like friends. She often invites my classmates and me to take part in different activities outside of school. For example, I went to listen to a journalist's speech, which helped me better understand current events (时事)．

Not only does Ms. Runkle talk with me outside of school, she is also a great teacher in the classroom. English Language and Composition is a really hard subject for a second language learner. We felt worried in the beginning, but Ms. Runkle really makes an effort to help us out. In class, Ms. Runkle always encourages students to question everything to keep us active. One part of class I love the most is when groups of students are required to give speeches on