Passage 14 Once there was a pauper who never played up to(奉承) wealthy people. A rich person once asked him “I’m rich. Why don’t you flatter me?” “The money you have is yours,”the pauper replied.“Why should I flatter you?” “Well, then suppose I gave one fifth of my money to you, would you flatter me then?” “That would be unjust. I still wouldn’t do it.” “If I gave you half of my wealth, would you flatter me?” “In that case, I would be your equal, why should I flatter?” “Well, suppose I gave you all of it, I’m sure you would flatter me then?” “In that case, I would be the rich man. There would no longer be any point in my playing up to you!” (1)、 [单选题] (2分) A rich man had so much money that he wanted a poor man to ____ him. A、respect B、be good to C、flatter D、beg