【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析]语义理解题。原文中说no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect，and scarcely that，that指的是the most common politeness and respect，根据他们不受喜欢的情况可以推断scarcely that的意思是连最普通的礼貌和尊敬甚至都没有，四个选项中表达这一意思的是[A]项。