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 years of cooler climate, the days get longer, the buds (31) _____ in the trees, birds sing, and the world (32) ______ a green dress. Springtime passes (33) ______ summer. The whole world knows that summer will not (34) ______ forever. The magic of all the spells in the world cannot keep it for us. The flowers blossom, the leaves turn yellow and then drop to the ground, (35)__________the world turns into autumn whether people like it or not.