The word "rare" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) festive

　　(B) infrequent

　　(C) delightful

　　(D) unexpected

　　130. Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in Grant's gazelles.

　　The word "maintaining" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) measuring

　　(B) inheriting

　　(C) preserving

　　(D) delaying

　　131. Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be fatal for nonadapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself, whereas human beings die after losing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight.

　　The word "tolerate" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) endure

　　(B) replace

　　(C) compensate

　　(D) reduce

　　132. The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage in the desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and far-flung pastures.

　　The word "obtain" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) digest

　　(B) carry

　　(C) save

　　(D) get

　　133. In 1979 Santa Monica's municipal government ordered landlords to roll back their rents to the levels charged in 1978. Future rents could only go up by two thirds as much as any increase in the overall price level.

　　The phrase "roll back" in lines 11-12 is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) credit

　　(B) measure

　　(C) vary

　　(D) reduce

　　134. In any housing market, rental prices perform three functions: (1) promoting the efficient maintenance of existing housing and stimulating the construction of new housing.

　　The word "stimulating" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) experimenting with

　　(B) identifying

　　(C) estimating

　　(D) encouraging

　　135. One result of rent control is a decrease in the construction of new rental units. Rent Controls have artificially depressed the most important long-term determinant of profitability-rents.

　　The word "depressed" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) saddened

　　(B) created

　　(C) lowered

　　(D) defeated

　　136. In the same year, in San Francisco, California, only 2,000 units were built. San Francisco has only a 1. 6 percent vacancy rate but stringent rent control laws.

　　The word "stringent" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) straightforward

　　(B) strict

　　(C) expanded

　　(D) efficient

　　137. For example, sometimes the shape or veining in a piece of stone or wood suggests, perhaps even dictates, not only the ultimate form, but even the subject matter.