For students feeling the pinch from the pandemic(瘟疫), how to fund academic efforts has been a tough

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For students feeling the pinch from the pandemic(瘟疫), how to fund academic efforts has been a tough nut to crack – but an Indonesian college has a refreshing new idea.
A hospitality college in Bali, Indonesia, has begun accepting coconuts as payment when students face economic hardship as a result of the coronavirus disease.
When students at the Venus Tourism Academy pay their fees with coconuts, the college will use them to harvest natural coconut oil, UPI reported.
Alternatively, students can pay using leaves from moringa and gotu kola plants, which can be transformed into herbal soap and sold to raise money for the academy, Food & Wine added.
The program has been running since March, after the college received a permit to allow it to operate on this basis, according to The Bali Sun.
Venus Tourism Academy’s director, Wayan PasekAdi Putra, told local news outlet Balipuspa News: “Initially, the students who face economic hardship can pay for their fees by divided payments in three times, with the first installment at 50%, the second 20%, and the third 30%. Because of this Covid pandemic, we have adapted a flexible policy. We produce coconut oil, so students can pay their tuition by bringing coconuts.”
He added: “We have to educate them to optimize the natural resources in their surroundings. When the pandemic is over, they will enter the world of hospitality with different skills.”
Students staying in areas with the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases are not allowed to attend lectures in person. Those from less-affected areas are divided into three groups and must take their classes by turns, according to Food & Wine.
Bali is a major international tourist destination but in August, the Balinese government closed the island to non-Indonesian visitors until 2021, BBC News reported.
28. According to the media, what can we know about the college?
A. The college will use coconuts to make chocolates.
B. Other produce can also be accepted as payments.
C. Since March the program has been running without permission.
D. Herbal soap can be made of coconuts.
29. What can we infer from passage?
A. Divided payments arose before coconuts payments
B. Compared with coconuts payments, divided payments is more flexible.
C. By producing coconut oil, students paid their fees.
D. Natural resources are limited, so students should save them.
30. How do students from less affected area attend lectures to avoid COVID-19??
   A. Take an online class B. By shortening learning hours
C. By attending small classes         D. Learn by oneself
31. What’s the best title of the text?
A. Accepting coconuts as gifts   B. Coconuts—a special payment in a college
C. Sufferings of COVID-19 D. A special college in Indonesia
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