大全－36。还是as和like的问题。。。晕啊。。

     According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.

(A) like that of earlier generations

(B) as that for earlier generations

(C) just as earlier generations did

(D) as have earlier generations（E）

(E) as it was of earlier generations

A那里错了呀？谁能解释一下E呢？

我是这样理解的：

1。As强调同一性，即完全一样；like强调比较，表示相像。

2。as是连词，后面接句子；like是介词，后面只能接名词性的词

而此句的意思是owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is a goal of a majority of 这件事和上辈们的情况一样，也就是说比较的是is a goal of....这个动作，而不是上辈和young adults的目标进行比较。

翻译成中文

拥有和居住在独立的房子里过去是上辈们的目标，现在仍然是年轻人的目标。

所以这里的was是不能省略的。而有了was就不可能用like