a place to live in/to live
 【问】 Because of air polution being greatly reduced，this city is still____.
 A. a good place to live B. lived as good place
 C. a good place to live in D. living in as a good place(《英语水平考试指南》，P.27)
 该书给的唯一正确答案是C，不知能否选A?
 【答】 在一般情况下人们还是使用a place to live in。
 At one time people thought that Minnesota was not a good place to live in.
 过去人们曾认为明尼苏达州不是居住的好地方。
 但是，也可以常常看到a place to live的用法，英语语法学家认为这种用法是符合英语惯用法的。除了place之外，day，way和time的动词不定式定语也可以省略介词。
 1. Night was coming on and I had to look for a place to sleep.
 夜幕已开始降临，我不得不找个睡的地方。
 2. Well，you can certainly afford a decent place to live. (《新编英语语法》)
 唔，你一定能付得起一个体面的住地的费用。
 3. I took a bus to Hackney for a new place to walk.
 我乘上了去哈克尼的公共汽车，去找一个散步的新地方。
 4. Carrie looked about... for a place to sit and eat. (Dreiser)
 嘉丽环顾四周，想找一个坐坐和吃饭的地方。
 5. “Can you recommend a good place to eat? ” “There are many nice restaurants here____ Loy's the Old National，etc. ”
 A. like as B. as such C. such as D. as(Michigan)
 6. The place for you to stay is the university guest house. (CGEL)
 供你住的地方就是大学的招待所。
 7. We went round the town in search of a place to stay.
 为了找一个住的地方我们在镇上转了好久。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 1. “Why haven’t you sent your portfolio to Mr McMam?” “Because I don’t know____to send it to——his house or his office. ”
 A. which place B. either place
 C. either of the two places D. where is the place(TOEFL，73.3)
 2. “Where should I send my application?”
 “The Personnel Office is the place____. ”
 A. to send it B. sent it to
 C. to send it to D. for sending it(攻读硕士研究生入学考试英语试题，85A)
 3. Astronauts can be affected by loneliness. They may have to sit in the spacecraft for
 weeks with very little to do and no one to talk.(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题，85A)
 (参见a room to live/to live in)