2014年6月9日，在中国科学院、中国工程院院士大会上，******指出：“当前，全党全国各族人民正在为全面建成小康社会、实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦而团结奋斗。我们比以往任何时候都更加需要强大的科技创新力量。”这是因为（  ）
①从整体上看，我国科技创新能力还不强
②创新是一个国家和民族发展的不竭动力
③科技创新是第一生产力，在现代化建设中具有先导性和全局性的作用
④科技创新能力越来越成为综合国力竞争的决定性因素 

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    It was Mother's Day, Nancy was 800 miles away from her parents, so she was a little ____ . In the morning she ____her mother to wish her a happy Mother's Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful flowers in the garden. Later that day, ____  she told her husband about the flowers, he said, "I know where we can find all that you want. Get our children Peter and Lily, and come on." So they went, ____  down the country roads.  
     There on a ____  , they saw a lot of beautiful purple flowers. Nancy ran ____    to enjoy the flowers. Carefully, she picked a few here and a few there. And on their way home, there was a big smile ____ her face.
     When they were passing a nursing home, she saw an old granny sitting in a chair. The granny had ____ children with her. They stopped the car and Nancy walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny ____  her again and again. She smiled happily, too.
     When Nancy ____ to her car, her children asked her, " Who is that old granny? Why did you give our flowers to her?”
" I do't know her.” Nancy said, "But it's Mother's Day, and she is alone. But I have both of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how much those flowers meant to her.