第27题: [填空题]In the author’s opinion, technical progress such as inventions of gunpowder and the mariner’s compass during the civilized process cannot be ______ to the power of speech, writing and agriculture. 参考答案:[答案]comparable 答案解析:[解析] 文章末尾提到,火药和航海指南针都不能与口头语言、书面语言及农业相提并论(gunpowder and the mariner’s compass—but neither of these ca