He made a mistake so he told a lie to avoid .A. punishingB. punishedC. being punishedD. b

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。