33 What does the word “cornerstone” mean?
(A)Foundation.
(B)Ceremony.
(C)Procedure.
(D) Etiquette.

        If knowledge is power, then literacy識字，讀寫能力, （某領域或某方面的）知識，能力 is the key to the kingdom. For centuries, the ability to read and write has given power to those who possessed擁有, 控制、發瘋 it, although access途徑；（接近某地或某人的）機會（或方法）；（使用某物的）權利 to book learning—indeed確實, to books themselves—was often limited to a privileged（特定個體或群體的）特權 minority少數、少數民族. Today, by contrast, we inhabit居住於 a digital age數字化時代 in which written texts書面語篇；書面文本 are more widely and democratically民主 available可獲得的；可用 than ever before. A prerequisite先決條件，前提 for access途徑；（接近某地或某人的）機會（或方法）；（使用某物的）權利, however, is still the ability to comprehend充分理解；領悟 and appraise鑒定 those texts. Individuals who lack strong skills for finding, understanding, and evaluating評估 written information cannot easily arm themselves with that information or use it to advance（使）前進；使進步 the causes原因 they value. And because a free society depends on an informed and autonomous citizenry, the loss is not theirs alone. As we confront some of the great questions of our time—about war and diplomacy外交, （處理人際關係的）手腕, immigration移民（入境）and citizenship公民身份, health care and human rights, and fair access to education and employment—literacy liberates解放、偷盜 us from dependence on received wisdom and allows us to find and weigh the evidence ourselves. Simply put, literacy is cornerstone基石 of our freedom.

1. etiquette

   同義字
2. KK[ˋɛtɪkɛt] DJ[ˋetiˋket]

n [U]不可數名詞 1. 禮節；禮儀This is a book on etiquette. 這是本有關禮儀的書。According to etiquette, you should stand up to meet a guest. 按照禮節你應該站起來接待客人。2. （同業間的）規矩；成規medical etiquette 醫學界的規矩

“基石”這個詞是什麼意思？ （A）基金會。 （B）儀式。 （C）程序。 （D）禮節。

Foundation→基礎