With the old man ___ way, we had no trouble in finding that myst

With the old man ___ way, we had no trouble in finding that mysterious cave.
A、leading
B、led
C、lead
D、to be led
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：考查独立主格结构。句意：由于老人之路，我们毫不费力地找到了那个神秘的山洞。。现在分词作状语表示正在进行的伴随性动作，故选A