单选题 Most people would agree that, although our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no correlative increase in wisdom.
A. improves B. precedes C. exceeds D. imposes

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的四个选项都是名词。C项的意思是“超越，胜过”，与“surpass超越，胜过”的意思相吻合。A项“改善”、B项“在……之前”、D项“征税，强加”都与题干中的词义不符。