1. The city has decided to ______ smoking.
A. do away with
B. take away
C. get away with
D. put away
2. She is the girl who the artist said ______ as a model for painting.
A. gesticulated
B. postulated
C. posed
D. proposed
【长难句英译汉】
1. Any government which is blind to this point may pay a heavy price.
1.A
【句意】这个城市已决定废除吸烟行为。
【解析】词组辨析。do away with“废除;取消;摆脱;结束”;take away“拿走;取走”;get away with“带走(某人、某物等);侥幸成功/逃脱……”;put away“放好;储存;抛弃”。由句中关键词“smoking吸烟”的对应和词组辨析知“废除”符合语境，故A项正确。
2.C
【句意】这位艺术家称，她就是摆姿势当绘画模特的那个女孩。
【解析】动词词义辨析。gesticulate(动词过去式gesticulated)“用手势谈话;做姿势表达”;postulate(动词过去式postulated)“假定;要求”;pose(动词过去式posed)“摆姿势;佯装;矫揉造作”;propose(动词过去式proposed)“建议;打算;求婚”。由关键词“as a model for painting当绘画模特”知“摆姿势”符合，由此知C项正确。
【长难句英译汉参考答案】
1、【参考译文】对这一点视而不见的任何政府可能付出巨大的代价。