When one of Ullman's grandsons, Jonas Rosenfield, Jr. was having dinner in Japan a few years ago,
"Youth" came up in conversation, Rosenfield told his dinner companion, a Japanese business leader, that
the author was his grandfather. The news was staggering.
     " 'You are the grandson of Samuel Ullman?' he kept repeating," says Rosenfield, head of the American Film Marketing Association. "He couldn't get over it."
     Then the executive pulled a copy of "Youth" from his pocket and told Rosenfield, "I carry it with me
always."
     Three years ago, several hundred top businessmen and government leaders gathered in Tokyo and
Osaka to celebrate their admiration of Ullman's "Youth". Konosuke Matsushita, founder of the Panasonic Company, said "Youth" has been his motto for 20 years."
     Someone asked, "Why don't Americans love "Youth" as much as we do? It sends a message about
how to live beautifully to men and women, old and young alike."
     Samuel Ullman was born in 1840 in Germany and came to this country as a boy. He fought in the
civil War and settled in Birmingham, Ala. He was a hardware businessman with a liking for public service
that continues 67 years after his death. In the last few years more than $36,000 from Japanese royalties (皇室) on a book and a cassette reading of his work has gone to a University of Alabama at Birmingham
scholarship fund. Not bad for a man who started writing in his 70s.
1. What does "Youth" refer to?
A. a newspaper        
B. a magazine      
C. a notebook      
D. an essay
2. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. The news is not true.
B. The news is exciting.
C. The news is shocking
D. The news is useful.
3. Which of the following statements is RIGHT?
A. The Japanese like "Youth" better than the American
B. Japanese royalties recorded "Youth" on a tape.
C. "Youth" is a book about public service.
D. "Youth" has a great effect only on businessmen and leaders
4. What can you infer from the passage?
A. The two men met to discuss "Youth".
B. The American was trying to find a copy of "Youth".
C. The Japanese was trying to find the author of "Youth".
D. Perhaps Rosenfield's mother was Ullman's daughter.
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