问题补充:
He made a mistake, so he told a lie to avoid .
A. punishing
B. punished
C. being punished
D. being punishing
答案:
A. punishing
B. punished
C. being punished
D. being punishing
解析:本题的含义是他犯了错误,说谎避免被惩罚,avoid doing sth表示避免做某事,本题表示被动意思,可用being+过去分词punished,故本题选C。