Other shopping destinations are locateD close to the agreeD site for this centre.

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【题干关键词】close to
【对应信息点】A．short distance from
题干意为“其他的购物地点都临近该中心所选取的地址”对应原文A段中“Planning permission is in place for the new scheme，which will be A．short distance from existing prime retail areas．”

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