82. 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) as it was of earlier generations
答案是E,as引导句子之间的比较,根据OG的解释,it回指 owning and living ...整个短语 我错选了A 当时我的思路是原句未划线部分 owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land 中已经出现了its,明显是指代house。后面如果再出现it,那最好是指代相同的东西——house。而E里面的it所指代的是前面整个分词短语,其语意涵盖范围明显不止是house。
再看A,that 可以指代goal(这个应该没问题吧),那么A选项可以理解为2个名词之间的比较,a goal of a majority of young adults 与 the goal of earlier generations之间的比较,符合like的用法.
我认为,最简单的说 that代指不同的事物 it代指相同的事物 这个goal是相同的事物, 比如 Mammal's lungs are usually larger than that of bird. 没问题,因为这两种肺是不一样的,哺乳动物肺和鸟肺 再比如: This exam is as hard for as it is for Tom. 考试是一样的,所以不能说as that is for Tom.
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----如果是like that of的结构的话,that指代的是owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal ==》也就是说原结构变成: 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 that只能指代名词,不能指代这么多东西,而且还有verb(is)在里面,所以这个比较结构错误
(B) as that for earlier generations---一看就是错的,as 后面应该是跟clause,更何况原题干是of a majority of young adults 可是这里变成了for earlier generations 所以除了结构不对,介词也不平行,故错
原比较结构变为: (C) just as earlier generations did-左边比较的是be的谓语动词,这里是did的动词,动词结构不平行,错误
(D) as have earlier generations---左边的结构是:sth is xxx,现在右边的比较结构却是:as have xxx,谓语动词又是不平行 (E) as it was of earlier generations----这个是正确的,正确在于,as的比较结构用法正确,和结构平行 owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults as it was of earlier generations
==》1. it指代owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land 2. 因为a goal of左右两边都是相同的,所以后边的a goal可以省略,但是这里的比较点是a majority of young adults>< earlier generations 所以对于比较结构而言,比较点是不能省略的,是比较结构的重心所在,但是相同的其他部分就可以省略。可以存在,也可以省略
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