Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

After months of colder weather, the days get longer, the buds (31)______ in the trees, birds sing, and the world (32)______ a green dress. Spring passes (33) ______ summer. Everyone knows that summer will not (34)______. The power of all the wisest men and women in the world cannot keep it for us. The corn becomes ripe, the leaves turn brown and then drop to the ground, (35)______ the world changes its green dress for a dress of autumn colors.