3. Although they often achieved expression and formal excellence in their generally primitive style, they remained artisans skilled in the craft of carving and constituted a group distinct from what we normally think of as "sculptors" in today's use of the word.

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

　　(A) separate

　　(B) assembled

　　(C) notable

　　(D) inferior

　　4. On the rare occasion when a fine piece of sculpture was desired, Americans turned to foreign sculptors, as in the 1770's when the cities of New York and Charleston, South Carolina, commissioned the Englishman Joseph Wilton to make marble statues of William Pill.

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

　　(A) festive

　　(B) infrequent

　　(C) delightful

　　(D) unexpected

　　5. 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

　　3 A

　　4 B

　　5 C