【正确答案】：
ROBINSON CRUSOE, AN ADVENTURE STORY VERY MUCH IN THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME, IS UNIVERSALLY CONSIDERED HIS MASTERPIECE. HIS REST FOUR NOVELS DEAL WITH THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF SOME HERO OR HEROINE, USUALLY A WHORE, A PIRATE, A PICKPOCKET, A ROGUE OR SOME OTHER CRIMINAL. THEIR HISTORY IS TRACED FROM THEIR UNFORTUNATE CHILDHOOD, THROUGH THEIR MANY VICISSITUDES IN LIFE, TO THEIR FINAL PROSPERITY OR REPENTANCE AND DEATH. THE ALL-POWERFUL INFLUENCE OF MATERIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT UPON THE THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS OF THE HERO OR THE HEROINE IS HIGHLIGHTED. THE STRUGGLE OF THE POOR UNFORTUNATE MERE EXISTENCE, MIXED WITH THEIR DESIRE FOR GREAT WEALTH, COMES INTO CONFLICT WITH THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT WHICH PREVENTS THEM FROM OBTAINING THE GOAL UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND THUS FORCES THEM IN TO CRIMINAL ACTIONS OR BOLD ADVENTURES. 
【题目解析】：本题考查《鲁滨逊流记》及其他几部笛福的代表作的社会意义。可从这几部作品的主题及内容入手，通过对作者笔下人物与社会的描写进行分析，表述个人与社会环境的关系，挑明这几部作品所体现的社会意义。1. 《鲁滨逊流记》是一部体现时代精神的游记历险小说，是公认的笛福代表作。其余四部小说主要讲述了一些男女主人公的个人经历，这些人物通常是妓女、海盗、小偷儿、流氓及其他一些犯罪者。2. 对他们人生旅程的描述都是从不幸的童年开始，历经了人生中多次兴衰浮沉，到最后的发迹或沦落死亡。3. 小说中强调了物质环境与社会环境对主人公思想行为的巨大影响。贫苦的下层人民为生计而奔忙，同时却还渴望大笔财富和上等人的生活，这一切又与当时不允许他们致富的社会大环境发生冲突，使他们正常致富不成，便铤而走险，甚至犯罪。