单选题 By 2050 the world will have about 2 billion people aged over 60, three times ______ today.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 注意英语中倍数的正确表达法“three times as much/many as”,“much”与“many”的区别主要由前面的名词是否是可数名词而决定。本句中,前面为可数名词“2 billion people”,所以应该用“as many as”。