Question

—Is everything going all right?

—Well，________.

A．not so smooth as expected                     B．not so smooth as expecting

C．not so smoothly as expecting                 D．not so smoothly as expected

Answer 1

D　空格处在句法功能上应作going的状语，所以要用副词smoothly。not so smoothly as expected意为“不像预料的那样顺利”。