市长：在过去五年中的每一年，这个城市都削减教育经费，并且，每次学校官员都抱怨，减少教育经费可能逼迫他们减少基本服务的费用。但实际上，每次仅仅是减少了非基本服务的费用。因此，学校官员能够落实进一步的削减经费，而不会减少任何基本服务的费用。市长说这番话的前提是（）。
A．该市提供学校的基本服务总是和提供非基本的服务一样有效
B．现在，充足的经费允许为该市的学校提供某些非基本的服务
C．该市官员几乎不夸大经费削减的潜在影响
D．几乎没有重要的城市管理者支持该市学校昂贵的非基本服务
参考答案：B
解析：
本题题干可精简为：减少教育经费中的非基本服务费用
不会减少基本服务费用，所以大前提就应当是非基本服务费用可被减，即必须有充足的非基本服务费用可供减去，所以当出现B的情况时，非基本服务费用就可被减，所以它就是大前提。
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