60. 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

The intended comparison should be completed by a clause beginning with as and containing a subject and verb that correspond to the subject and verb of the main clause. In E, the best choice, it refers unambiguously to the phrasal subject owning ... land, the verb was corresponds to is, and today's young adults are appropriately compared to earlier genera­tions. Choices A and B lack a verb corresponding to is and a clear referent for that. Choices C and D are confusing and illogical because their verbs, did and have, cannot substitute for is in the main clause.

请问大家, 为什么like后一定要有is那? Like也可做prep, 并不一定作连词啊? 是不是因为逗号的原因?

LDOCE

Like, prep,

Her hair is dark brown like mine.

A club should be like a big family.

He eats like a pig!

另外, 为什么that指代不明呢? That是单数所以显然不能指代young adults, 那么就是指代goal…

谢谢

Because it is a comparison as a whole, the corresponding structure is a must, as OG said that "containing a subject and verb that correspond to the subject and verb of the main clause".

Like that of earlier generations, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults.

把A改装以后, 就是上面这个句子. 读起来感觉好像没有歧义呀.

谢谢楼主,我知道E选项是最好. 但是我想知道A为什么错, 或者不好. 怕ETS变卦啊.

1. as作介词，[as+N]，意为“作为”；如果是表示like那样“像”的意味，那么就是连词，[as+句子]（也就是说和like一起出现在选项里了，那么肯定是+句子）；

2. like在GMAT改错中常见的是，[like+N]；常见的结构是：like A，B（A，B要是相同属性，也就是说A是这个人，B就算是那个人；不能是A是这个人，B是那个人的work那样子）；

like有时在句末出现替换掉as的选项，成为题目的正确选项，此时，like的形式是[like+N+that---（that从句对N补充修饰）]

你所改的句子也是不对的，因为不符合[like A，B]的结构。

再就是that的指代，B里面问题时for用的不对，A里面that虽然用了of，但是也可以指代前面的单数名词呀。