---- How is everything going on with you in Europe?
----Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped, .
A. though
B. instead
C. either
D. too
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(答案→)A. though
B. instead
C. either
D. too
解析：检查考生对副词的掌握和运用能力。在这种语境下though用作连接性副词=however, 理解为“然而”，和上文构成转折关系。