单选题：回答题：There once was a master who came to India, perhaps from

回答题：
There once was a master who came to India, perhaps from Persia. When he got there, he saw a lot of _31_ . In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive. So he saw a big basket of some very red, long fruit, the cheapest in the shop. He bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started _32_ it. But after he ate some of it, his eyes and mouth _33_ and burned, and his face became red. He coughed and choked, jumping up and down.
But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were _34_ him said, "Those are hot peppers! People use them as a flavor, but only a little bit to put into food for _35_. You can't just eat them _36_ that; they're not fruit!" But the stupid master said, "No, I can't stop! I _37_ money for them, and now I'll eat them. It's my money!"
And you think that master was stupid, right? _38_, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. We invest money, time or effort in a relationship, business or job. Even though bitter experience tells us it won't work, we still continue just _39_ we've invested money, time, effort and love into it. Just like the man who ate the peppers and _40_ so much but couldn't stop because he didn't want to waste the money he'd paid.
请在(31)处填上最佳答案 A．baskets
B．peppers
C．fruit
D．people