OG 82 it 指代！

clairexuan9

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

这里的it 到底是指代的是什么？ 这样既可以指代 owning and living, 又可以指代goal吧......

请大牛赐教！

clairexuan9

up up, 没人理我 T.T

VincentShu

貌似第一个it指代的是freestanding house，而第二个指代的是owning and living in a
freestanding house on its own land。a goal省略
在一个句子中，貌似it指代不同事物不好吧？！
还是我的理解有偏差，继续等待大牛解答！

teddybearj4

首先LZ应该写明答案是E，而且问的是E选项里的it。LS是对的。
这里因为as引导的是从句，所以从句主句it优先平行指代主句的主语，即owning and livingin a freestanding house on its own land。后面完整的是as it was (the goal) of earlier generations