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Qingdao International Beer Festival has become a major event in the beautiful city. The first festival took place in 1991. It is now held once a year from the end of July to the end of August,     1     (last) for about one month. Qingdao is the     2     (large) beer production base in China and the festival provides a great opportunity     3     (show) the city’s unique characteristics.

    4     time passing by, Qingdao International Beer Festival has become a nationally     5     (recognize) event, and it combines together aspects of tourism, culture and sport. As one of the most important     6     (festival) of China, it has a worldwide reputation and attracts millions of people to take part every year. More than 100 brands from all over the world     7     (participate) in the event over the past 16 years successfully. Every year daily performances are given at the Beer Town’s Center Theatre,     8     colorful fountains, hi-tech laser shows and dramatic audio effects excite audiences. Whether walking on the roads, shopping in the local stores     9     even catching a ride in a taxi, you will constantly hear people talking about the festival.

    10     (obvious), after 16 years of development, the festival has become part of local people’s daily lives.

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Signs You Are Eating Pre-Made Food at a Restaurant

Even at fine dining restaurants, serving pre-made food is a common practice most regular customers are not aware of. So how can you know for sure your food was made     1     you ever sat down at your table? Here’s how to tell if the food you’re eating is fresh.

You may be excited to see your waitress approaching with your food not long after you order it, but the biggest sign     2     you’re dinning at a restaurant serving pre-made food is how quickly your food arrives at the table.

A freshly prepared meal that’s made for people     3    (order) takes time. What doesn’t take much time is reheating pre-made food,     4     is often done at fast-food restaurants.

An extensive menu means the chef     5     have all those ingredients on-hand, which makes it difficult to guarantee freshness along with timeliness. To solve this problem, chefs often use pre-made food. That can range from already packaged products     6     preparing the meals in advance, but either way, they’re getting a head start, and the quality of your meal may suffer from     7    .

Often enough, the establishment you     8    (dine) at is the first indicator that your meal is pre-made. Choosing a chain restaurant for your dining destination may seem like a safe choice, for you know what’s on the menu and you know     9     it’s going to taste like, no matter what city you’re in.

Say you’re at a restaurant and you order a steak. You wait in anticipation, watering at the thought of     10    (slice) into a juicy steak. Your order arrives, and it looks just like you imagined it would, except for the taste. That’s probably because your steak hit the microwave before it hit your plate!

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GoPro, Young Man

In October 2012, when the Austrian stuntman（特技替身男演员）Felix Baumgartner jumped from a balloon at nearly 128,000 feet and exceeded the speed of sound during a free fall, five little GoPro cameras were strapped to his suit to record high-definition views of his heroics. At around the same time, GoPro became the best-selling video camera in the United States, and its inventor and chief promoter, a Northern California surfer     1     (name) Nicholas Woodman, became a billionaire. Woodman is now 39 but seems younger. His success is due in part to his authenticity - he is a genuine member of the extreme-sports crowd, given to shouting and exclaiming "Magnificent!" without irony. But he is also an unusually focused businessman.

Woodman started with the idea of     2     (invent) a wrist strap to which surfers could attach a camera to show themselves in action. He soon realized that     3     lack of suitable devices in the market-place, he had to invent the camera too -- something inexpensive, waterproof, mountable every which way, and     4     (provide) an ultra-wide-angle view. In a world covered with water in polished videos of professional surfers, he sympathized with the urge that ordinary surfers save to look like that, too. He called the camera the Hero, and began to sell it to surf shops in 2004. It took off right away, with sales that grew from about 1,500 units the first years to at least three million annually today,     5     it wasn't just the surfing culture that he tapped into. It turned out that all sorts of people     6     (do) all sorts of things wanted to mount a camera to film themselves and their activities. The camera also caught on with scientists, soldiers, athletic coaches, journalists, and surgeons too. But it's the amateurs     7     count the most. Woodman thought he     8     (sell) mainly to fellow surfers, but as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have shown, the interest of people in     9     is boundless. Woodman's market position turned out to be humanity. Now his company is going public. No wonder he says he     10     (fuel).