①What was once regarded as impossible has now become a reality.
(what为"所......的事",相当于"the thing that...;all that...;everything that...")
②After ________ seemed a very long time,I opened my eye and found myself in bed.(M ET'93)
A.what B.when C.that D.which
(what相当于"the time that",表示"......时间")
③He is not what he was a few years ago. Who is it that has made Fred what he is now?
(what表示"......的人",相当于"the person that...")
④What is now the North Sahara Desert was once a civilized world.
(what表示"......的地方",相当于"the place that...")
⑤Our income is now double what it was ten years ago
(what表示"......的数目",相当于"the amount /number that...")