单选题 ______it may seem, gun ownership is declining over all in the United States — nearly a third of American households having an adult with a gun, which is down from nearly half of households in 1973.

A、 Surprising though
B、 Surprisingly as
C、 Surprise although
D、 Surprisingly as though

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：本题考查倒装。as和though均能引导倒装形式的让步状语从句，这类倒装句置于句首的可以是形容词、副词、动词或名词等。需注意的是：用though时也可以不倒装，用as时必须倒装。而although和as though均不能引起倒装，首先排除[C]和[D]。空后的seem是系动词，后只能接形容词，可看作是“seem to be+形容词”句式的一种简化形式，故答案为[A]项。