[填空题] Statistics from China (1) be mind boggling: 1.2 billion (2)  , 1.73 trillion cigarettes smoked in a year, 7,000 different (3)  of woody plants. But amid all of these staggering sums, one factoid stands (4)  for both its audacious size and for what it says about China’s future: there are 630 million Chinese under the age of 24. That’s a lot of (5)  energy to burn. Materialism may be the (6) preoccupation among China’s young people these days, but just beneath the surface lies a feeling (7) wounded nationalist pride and an ever-deepening spiritual hunger. It isn’t clear where China’s young people are headed. But this is a generation that, by its (8) size and certain talents, will (9)  the world’s destiny.
Here’s another sobering statistic: this is Terry McCarthy’s 22nd, and final, cover (10) for TIME Asia-he’s leaving the region (11) three years to become TIME’s Los Angeles (12) chief. McCarth