He made up an excuse for his mistake in order to avoid .
A. punishing
B. to punish
C. to be punished
D. being punished
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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。