[单项选择]In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid（）
A. from being beaten
B. being beaten
C. beaten
D. to be beaten

[单项选择]In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid ______.
A. from being beaten
B. being beaten
C. beating
D. to be beaten

[填空题] Television now plays such an important part in so many people’’s lives that it is (36)_________for us to try to decide whether is a (37)_________or a curse. Obviously television has both (38)_________and disadvantages. But do the former (39)_________ the latter In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a (40)_________cheap one. They just sit comfortably at home and enjoy (41)_________series of programmes rather than to go out in search of (42)_________ elsewhere. Some people, however, (43)_________ that this is precisely where the danger lies. The television viewer needs to do nothing. (44) __________________. Secondly, television keeps one informed about current events, allows one to follow the latest developments in science and politics. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical fascination for us. (45) __________________. There are many other arguments for and against