more effectively with others more and more people equip themselves with a higher educati

问题补充：

more effectively with others, more and more people equip themselves with a higher education.

A. Compete

B. Being competed

C. To compete

D. Competing

答案：

A. Compete

B. Being competed

(答案→)C. To compete

D. Competing

解析：句意：为了更有效的与别人进行竞争，越来越多的人要得到更高的教育。从句意看，这里需要使用不定式在句中作目的状语。

选C。