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.
85. According to a recent poll, owning and living in afreestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of youngadults, like that ofearlier generations.
我的理解是,此处的it指代跟前面的Its肯定不是同一个。GMAT出现过蛮多,一句中同样代词指代不同的情况的,尽管Manhatton中说这样不允许。所以,实际情况下该从句意理解。因为,后一个It从位置上对应,从句主语对主句主语,优先指代的是,主句的:owning and living in afreestanding house on its own land。还原整句为:owning and living in afreestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of youngadults, as (owning and living in afreestanding house on its own land) is ( a goal) of earlier generations.