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.
这句话要表达的是: owning and living in a house is still a goal of young adults, 就好象it was a goal of earlier generations. 一般来说,答题的原则是保持句子原意 句子的原意并不是说:住房子是年轻人的目标,这个目标和上一代人的目标一样。
in addition, ”就好像“这个意思,如果接下来是个名词或者代名词,那么用like,如果接下来是个phrase,那么用as. 所以这里要用like,不是as