根据短文理解从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。

    Once a rich woman invited Martin Brown, a famous singer to sing for her friends. But she 1 him to have dinner with them. She told him to eat 2 the servants(仆人).

    After the meal Martin stood up and said to the servants, “Now, my good friends, I 3 for you.” He sang several songs and the servants 4 quite pleased.

    Then the rich woman asked 5 to come to the sitting-room. “We are waiting for your songs. 6 you ready?” the woman asked.

   “I am 7,” Martin said. “I have sung already(已经). I usually sing 8 in one evening, and I can't sing 9.”

    And with a polite(礼貌) “10”, he left the rich woman's house.

求证：

给加下划线字选择正确的意思。

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______ trees have been planted in our town since 2013.

- What can she do? - She can skip.