Direction: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Choose the correct word from the given options which fits the blank appropriately.

After months of colder weather, the days get longer, the buds ___(1)___ in the trees , birds sing and the world ___(2)___ a green dress. Spring passes ___(3)___ summer. Everyone knows that summer will not ___(4)___ forever. 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, ___(5)___  the world changes its green dress for a dress of autumn colours.