According to the passage the old would very much like to ______.

A．talk casually about old people in front of them as if they were not there
B．show sympathy for the old
C．take care of the old when they are not ill
D．pat the faces of the contemporaries

A．much sympathy will inevitably humiliate the old
B．kindness and unselfish help are not necessarily what the old need
C．the old should be left to do whatever they want by themselves
D．to the old, the friends' and relatives' respect is, at least, as important as their concern