Who are happier, modern people or people in the past?  

According to SOLAS, 1974, as amended, the shipowner or any person who has assumed responsibility for the ship (the “Company”) must（）

—Do you learn Russian or French?—I learn _____.

—Do you learn Russian or French?—I learn ______.

Brokers are those people, according to the passage, who buy or sell business shares for others.

Every deliberate act of wrongdoing by the master or any of the crew against the ship or cargo，without the authorization or privity of the Shipowner or his agent，is（）.

（）, or drum is used for hauling in or letting out the wires or ropes which will fasten the ship to the shore.

A salvor may be（）the whole or part of the payment due under Salvage Convention to the extent that the salvage operations have become necessary or more difficult because of fault or neglect on his part or if the salvor has been guilty of fraud or other dishonest conduct.

The （） is used for hauling in or letting out the wires or ropes.

The（）may examine or re-examine the goods or take samples from them straightaway in the absence of the consignee or the consignor whenever it considers this necessary.

The French pianist who had been praised very highly（）to be a great disappointment.

After the cameraman had taken three or four photographs of the soldier ants, he found they had ______ all over his feet.