【问】 (1) The songs of Bob Dylan are very popular him

 (2) Many drama critics Richard Burton's interpretation of Hamlet superior Sir Lawrence Olivier's version produced years (TOEFL，75. 2)
 句(1)中C(more superior)和句(2)中的B(superior than)均被判为错误。more superiorthan不正是表示“比……优良”、“比……强”、“比……高”的意思吗?
 【答】 从形式上看，more superior than符合more beautiful than这种构成形容词比较级的结构。但是，有些来自拉丁语的形容词，如superior，junior，major，senior，inferior，prior，ante-rior，postrior，它们本身常常隐含着比较意义，因此不能在它们前面再加more，又由于它们并不真正地表示比较，故不能用在有明确比较意义的than结构中。请看下面的例句：
 1. A brush is superior to a cloth for washing the floor. (JED)
 擦地板时用刷子比用抹布好。
 2. They are superior in numbers to us.(ELD)
 他们在人数上超过我们。
 3. He is junior to me by several years.(Wood)
 他比我小好几岁。
 4. John is senior to me by two years. (Chambers)
 约翰比我大两岁。
 5. Brass is inferior to gold. (FWF)
 青铜不如金子。
 6. An assistant manager is inferior in position to a manager. (ELD)
 经理助理的地位比经理低。
 7. Prior to her marriage，my mother was a nurse. (Neal)
 我母亲在结婚之前曾当过护士。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 1. The Assyrians' for government far inferior their conquest. (TOEFL，75.11)
 2. Prior to his appointment as secretary of state，Henry Kissinger was a professor of government and international affairs at Harvard.
 A. After B. Before C. During D. Instead of (TOEFL)