Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year, ________ a record US ＄57.65 a barrel on April 4．

have reached

reaching

to reach

to be reaching

History is ________ a subject which only lets us know something in history．It makes us wise．

more than

other than

less than

rather than

The way he did it was different ________ we were used to．

in which

in what

from what

from which

Beijing was attacked by such a terrible sandstorm ________ few residents had ever experienced before．

as

which

and it was

that

He was born in the same hospital ________ my brother was born．

as

where

/

that

He is such a lazy man ________ nobody wants to work with ________．

that;/

as; him

whom; him

as;/

He is ________ a friend to me．He is in a way my English teacher．

no more than

more than

not more than

nothing but

When talking to a friend over the telephone, you feel that you are close ________ the actual distance is not shortened．

so long as

as if

even if

as well as

In space, the slightest touch against something may send you flying ________ the opposite direction．

to

toward

in

for

The commander-in-Chief of the armed forces has directed that all measures ________ for our defense．

had been taken

would be taken

be taken

to be taken