【正确答案】：
THE THEME OF "THE WASTE LAND":
(1) THE POEM NOT ONLY PRESENTS A PANORAMA OF PHYSICAL DISORDER AND SPIRITUAL DESOLATION IN THE MODERN WESTERN WORLD, BUT ALSO REFLECTS THE PREVALENT MOOD OF DISILLUSIONMENT AND DESPAIR OF A WHOLE POST-WAR GENERATION.
(2)THE WASTE LAND IS A POEM CONCERNED WITH THE SPIRITUAL BREAKUP OF A MODERN CIVILIZATION IN WHICH HUMAN LIFE HAS LOST ITS MEANING, SIGNIFICANCE AND PURPOSE.
(3)HIS WASTELAND DEROGATION OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD WAS THE PRECISE EXPRESSION OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THE HORROR AND MENACE, THE ANGUISH AND DERELICTION, AND THE FUTILITY AND STERILITY EXPRESSED IN HIS POETRY HAD BEEN AFFLICTING ALL SENSITIVE MEMBERS OF THE POSTWAR GENERATION.
THE SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT “THE WASTE LAND”: 
“ THE WASTE LAND” IS T.S.ELIOT’S MASTERPIECE;
(1)THE POEM PRESENTS A PANORAMA OF PHYSICAL DISORDER AND SPIRITUAL DESOLATION;
(2) IT REFLECTS THE MOOD OF DISILLUSIONMENT, FRUSTRATION, AND DESPAIR OF THE WHOLE POST-WAR GENERATION;
(3) IT CONCERNS WITH THE SPIRIT BREAKUP THAT MAN HAS LOST HIS MEANING, SIGNIFICANCE, AND PURPOSE OF LIFE;
(4)THE POEM DEROGATED/CRITICIZED THE CIVILIZED WORLD FOR ITS HORROR, MENACE, ANGUISH AND FUTILITY.
【题目解析】：“荒原”主题：（1）这首诗不仅展现了现代西方世界的身体混乱和精神荒芜的全景，也反映了战后一代人普遍的幻灭和绝望情绪。（2）《荒原》是一首关于现代文明精神崩溃的诗歌，在现代文明中，人类生活失去了他的意义、重要性和生活的目标。（3）他在荒地上对文明世界的贬损正是第一次世界大战后年轻人的真实写照。他诗歌中所表达的恐怖与威胁、痛苦与遗弃，以及徒劳与贫瘠，一直折磨着战后那代敏感的人们。《荒原》的意义：《荒原》是托马斯·斯特尔那斯·艾略特的杰作；（1）这首诗展现了一幅身体混乱和精神孤寂的全景；（2）反映了战后一代人的幻灭、沮丧和绝望的情绪；（3）人类生活失去了他的意义、重要性和生活的目标，与精神的破碎有关；（4）这首诗批评了文明世界的恐怖、威胁、痛苦和徒劳。