According to a new report by the surgeon general, women with less than a high school education had three times the likelihood that they would begin smokingas women who went to college.

　　(A) had three times the likelihood that they would begin smoking

　　(B) had three times the likelihood of beginning smoking

　　(C) were three times more likely to begin to smoke

　　(D) were three times more likely that they would begin to smoke

　　(E) were three times as likely to begin smoking

原文意思：

　　根据一个报告，女性学历不高的比学历高的喝酒的可能性高三倍。

　　题目分析：

　　由于划线后用as， 前面必须用as不能用more， more是“更”的意思， as是“和...一样的”意思，两个词汇放在一起语义冲突，符合后面 as 要求的只有 E。