问题补充:
He made up an excuse for his mistake in order to avoid.
A. punishing
B. to punish
C. to be punished
D. being punished
答案:
A. punishing
B. to punish
C. to be punished
(答案→)D. being punished
解析:avoid doing sth .避免做某事;且主语He和punish是动宾关系,所以用doing的被动式,选D。