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.

【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。