问题补充：
The world considers Japan to be the best prepared to deal with an earthquake emergency. , the March 11 earthquake, followed by a strong tsunami minutes later, still left thousands of people dead.
A. Even though
B. As though
C. Even so
D. If so
答案：
A. Even though
B. As though
(答案→)C. Even so
D. If so
解析： 句意“日本被认为是应对地震最好的国家，尽管如此，三月十一日的地震加上随之而来的海啸却让成千上万的人死亡”，even so“尽管如此”A. Even though “尽管”B. As though“好像”D. If so“如果是这样”，所以答案为C
