The Qingdao International Beer Festival is one of the largest beer festivals _________ held in Asia. You can try almost any beer from all over the world there. The price for beer is very low, and foreign tourists often get their beer _________, because the Chinese want to show their kindness and warmth.

Beer can hardly be called a _________ Chinese drink. And that’s _________ the idea of the beer festival in China seems to be really strange. However, if you know the history of Qingdao, you’d understand why this kind of festival is just right for China, _________ for the city.

The beer-brewing (酿造) period began in Qingdao back in the 1900s, when the city, no more than a small village then, became a German colony (殖民地). Germans couldn’t _________ the idea of brewing their own beer there, so they built the world-famous Tsingtao Brewery. That is now the largest brewery in China. The modern Qingdao International Beer Festival started only in 1991. Since then, a four-week celebration of beer is held in Qingdao every _________. It starts on the first Saturday in August and _________ in different locations of the city.

This festival is full of different events that visitors can enjoy. There’s a big opening, music concert, beer tasting, and drinking competition for your _________. Besides beer, there are other tons of different food to try. All major international brewing companies are ____________ here. Qingdao and Chinese beers are also here for you to try.