【正确答案】：
A. FITZGERALD’S FICTIONAL WORLD IS THE BEST EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF THE JAZZ AGE, IN WHICH HE SHOWS A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE UPPER - CLASS YOUNG PEOPLE. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE 1920S HAD A SENSE OF RECKLESS CONFIDENCE NOT ONLY ABOUT MONEY BUT ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL.
B. BENEATH THE MASKS OF RELAXATION AND JOVIALITY, HOWEVER, THERE WAS ONLY STERILITY, MEANINGLESSNESS AND FUTILITY, AND AMID THE GRANDEUR AND EXTRAVAGANCE A SPIRITUAL WASTE LAND AND A HINT OF DECADENCE AND MORAL DECAY. THIS UNDENIABLE JUXTAPOSITION OF APPEARANCE WITH REALITY, OF THE PRETENSE OF GAIETY WITH THE TENSION UNDERNEATH, IS EASILY RECOGNIZABLE IN FITZGERALD’ S FICTION. 
【题目解析】：①杰拉德的小说世界是爵士时代精神的最佳体现。他的小说对上层社会，尤其是上层阶级颇为关注。20年代的青年男女对金钱和生活一般都有种盲目的自信。②但在轻松享乐后留下的只是颓废和一无所取。在物质的奢华后是一片精神的荒原和道德沦丧。这些在菲兹杰拉德笔下都得到了很好的表现。