IntheUSandBritainthesloganaroundcollegeswas“Savewater.Showerwithafriend.”NowWuhanUniversityhascomeupwithanothersystemforthecampusbathhouse.Itchargesstudentsfortheamountoftimeinashower.BeforeenteringthebathhousestudentspayfortheamountoftimetheywantintheshowerwithcashorthestudentIDcard.Theclockstartstickingtheminutethetapeisturnedon.Itpauseswhenabuttonispressedforsoap.Anintegratedcircuit(IC)cardreaderateachtapshowsthetime.Nomoneynowater.Thebenefitsofthenewsystemcanbeseenwiththeoldsystemwhichcharged1yuanforeachpersonregardlessoftimeintheshower.Theuniversityusedabout320tonsofwaterdailyundertheoldsystembutonly160tonsnow.
Manystudentsusethenewsystembutopinionsonitaredivided.Somestudentssayitisbadbecausebathinghadbecomeasortofrace.Manypeopleusingitforthefirsttimearenotsurehowlongtheyneedtoshower.Somemightbeembarrassediftheirtimeisupandthey'restillcoveredinsoap.Theyhavetoaskthebathhouseworkertohelpthembuyextratime.
“It'saflawinthesystemthatyoucannotbuyextratimeontheIDcard,”saidRenafreshmaninWuhanUniversity.Theuniversityisalsoconsideringsomestudents'suggestionsthattheybeallowedtopayafterthey'vefinishedtheshower.Notsurprisinglysomearecomplainingaboutlosingthehourshower.Butmanystudentssaythemovehelpsthemdevelopawatersavingsense.
Withoutthetimelimitsmoststudentstendedtoshowerfor30toanhourinthebathhouse.
Someevenusedthehotwatertowashtheirclothes.“Inmyexperience1020minutesisenough,”saidDaiZhihuaathirdyearstudentwhousuallytakes8minutes.
Asimilarsystemhasbeeninstalledinotheruniversities.ShanghaiNormalUniversityintroduceditatitsFengxiangCampusinSeptember.Thebathingfeethereis0.2yuanperminute.Onemalestudentrespondedbysettingarecordwithatwominuteshower.
64.AccordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Studentspayfortheamountoftimetheywantintheshower.
B.Theclocktimesallthroughwhilethestudentisbathingexceptwhenthebatherpausedforsoap.
C.Ifmoneyrunsouttherewillbenowater.
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