A lot of coal miners died on the job last year the local government to shut nearly 500 s

问题补充：

A lot of coal miners died on the job last year, the local government to shut nearly 500 small mines in Shanxi Province alone.

A. forcing

B. to force

C. forced

D. has forced

答案：

(答案→)A. forcing

B. to force

C. forced

D. has forced

解析：考查现在分词做结果状语：句意：去年很多煤矿工人在工地丧生，仅山西省就迫使当地政府关闭了500个小煤矿。前面的句子导致后面的结果，是顺理成章的结果。选A。