Analysis of test questions: Education is the basis of developing science and technology and cultivating talents, and plays a fundamental, leading and overall role in the modernization drive, and is the cornerstone of national rejuvenation and social progress. Education plays an important role in cultural inheritance. It can be seen that the two items meet the meaning of the question and can be chosen; Strengthening socialist ideological and moral construction is the central link in developing advanced culture, so item 1 is incorrectly stated and cannot be selected; Education is not a prerequisite for maintaining social stability, so item 4 cannot be selected. So, the answer is item B.