TerraceHo

谢郁离：）
不好意思，偷了个小懒，下次注意。
关于it的指代问题，因为以前自己做的笔记上面写it不可以指代短语，比如 the growth of the global economy, 75% of the population, a greater proportion 都不可以用it指代。所以这次看到owing and living 这样的doing形式的短语出现就困惑了。看来以前的理解不是很准确。
现在看起来it可以指代做名词性成分的短语，能不能用it指代主要看短语在句中所做的成分。

不过这样怎么样分辨it的指代与which的指代的区别呢？

TerraceHo

原题：
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