阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Six days a week, up and down the red hills of northeast Georgia, my grandfather brought the mail to the folks there. At age 68, he retired from the post office, but he never stopped serving the community.
On his 80th birthday, I sent him a letter, noting the things we all should be thankful for — good health, good friends and good outcomes. By most measurements he was a happy man. Then I suggested it was time for him to slow down. At long last, in a comfortable home, with a generous pension, he should learn to take things easy.
“Thank you for your nice words,” he wrote in his letter back, “and I know what you meant, but slowing down scares me. Life isn’t having it made; it’s getting it made.”
“The finest and happiest years of our lives were not when all the debts were paid, and all difficult experiences had passed, and we had settled into a comfortable home. No. I go back years ago, when we lived in a three-room house, when we got up before daylight and worked till after dark to make ends meet. I rarely had more than four hours of sleep. But what I still can’t figure out is why I never got tired, never felt better in my life. I guess the answer is, we were fighting for survival, protecting and providing for those we loved. What matters are not the great moments, but the partial victories, the waiting, and even the defeats. It’s the journey, not the arrival, that counts.”
The letter ended with a personal request: “Boy, on my next birthday, just tell me to wake up and get going, because I will have one less year to do things — and there are ten million things waiting to be done.”
Christina Rossetti, an English poet, once said: “Does the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end.” Today, at 96, my grandfather is still on that long road, climbing.
56. What was the author’s grandfather before he retired? (no more than 5 words)
57. What did the author advise his grandfather to do in his letter? (no more than 10 words)
58. What is the grandfather’s view on life according to his letter back? (no more than 10 words)
59. How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)
60. you agree with the grandfather’s view on life? Give reasons in your own words, (no more than 20 words)
He was a postman. / He worked in a post office.
本题属于推论题，根据以上解题思路可知，既然是从邮局退休，那之前肯定是postman，所以答案是He was a postman. Or he worked in a post office.
推论题。根据文章第一段At age 68, he retired from the post office可知，他在68岁的时候从邮局退休。
对于retire from重点词组记忆模糊。
He advised him to slow down (and take things easy). / He advised he/his grandfather (should) slow down.
本题属于细节题，根据以上解题思路可知，advise对应suggest，所以答案是He advised him to slow down (and take things easy). / He advised he/his grandfather (should) slow down.
事实细节题。根据文章第二段Then I suggested it was time for him to slow down可知，作者建议他放慢生活的脚步。
对于suggest等重点词汇记忆模糊。
The process is more important than the result.
本题属于推论题，根据以上解题思路可知，旅途和到达是对过程和结果的比喻，说明重要的是过程而不是结果，所以答案是The process is more important than the result. Or a man should not slow down however old he is. Or life isn't having it made; it's getting it made. / It's the journey, not the arrival that counts.
推论题。根据文章第四段It’s the journey, not the arrival, that counts可知，重要的是过程而不是结果。
对于journey和arrival等重点词汇记忆模糊。
My/His/The grandfather is still busy doing meaningful things.
本题属于推论题，根据以上解题思路可知，我的祖父仍忙于做有意义的事情，所以答案是Do My/His/The grandfather is still busy doing meaningful things. Or the grandfather is still living an active life. Or the grandfather is still involved in whatever he can do.
推论题。根据文章最后一段找到划线句子my grandfather is still on that long road, climbing可知my grandfather 一直在那条路上爬行者，进一步理解可知他一直在做有意义的事情。
对于defeat, victory和uphill等重点词汇记忆模糊。
. Yes. One should always be full of passion in his life no matter how old he is.
本题属于观点态度题，根据以上解题思路可知，对于他的生活观你可以赞同，也可以不赞同，所以答案不唯一，言之有理即可，所以答案可以是Yes. One should always be full of passion in his life no matter how old he is. Or people should make full use of their time to do something meaningful. /No. It is more sensible for people to slow down and enjoy an easy life in their old age. Or slowing down contributes to better health and longer life for people in old age.
观点态度题。整篇文章描述了作者grandfather对生活的态度，他对待生活有自己独特的见解，退休之后一直还忙于做一些有意义的事情使自己的生活充实。
对于agree with重点词组记忆模糊。