2024届高考英语外刊阅读天天练：阅读理解模拟训练八

高考英语外刊阅读天天练：阅读理解模拟训练八 ① Burning Man festivalgoers began their slow exodus from the campsite in the northern Nevada desert after muddy roads that left tens of thousands of people stranded for days dried up enough to make travel possible. The festival had been closed to vehicles after more than a half inch (1.3cm) of rain fell on Friday, causing flooding and foot-deep mud. Festival organisers said they started to let traffic flow out of the main road on Monday – even as they continued to ask revellers to delay their exit to Tuesday to ease traffic. The road closures came just before the first of two ceremonial fires signaling an end to the festival was scheduled to begin Saturday night. The event traditionally culminates with the burning of a large wooden effigy shaped like a man and a wood temple structure during the final two nights, but the fires were postponed as authorities worked to reopen exit routes by the end of the Labor Day weekend. Weather permitting, “the Man” was scheduled to be torched at 9pm on Monday, while the temple is set to go up in flames at 8pm on Tuesday. The annual gathering, which launched on a San Francisco beach in 1986, attracts nearly 80,000 artists, musicians and activists for a mix of wilderness camping and avant garde performances. Disruptions are part of the event’s recent history: dust storms forced organisers to temporarily close entrances to the festival in 2018, and the event was twice canceled during the pandemic.At least one fatality had been reported at this year’s event, but organisers said the death of a man in his 40s was not weather-related. The event is remote on the best of days and emphasises self-sufficiency. Amid the flooding, revelers were urged to conserve their food and water, and most remained hunkered down at the site. Cindy Bishop and three of her friends managed to drive their rented RV out of the festival at dawn on Monday when, Bishop said, the main road was not being guarded. She said they were happy to m