Discussion
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks. Born in London on 10 December 1815, Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron, was an extremely ______ mathematician. Later on in life, she would work closely with Charles Babbage, a popular mechanical engineer responsible for _______ one of the earliest mechanical computers.
Answer: D
The correct pair is 'talented; creating'. Ada Lovelace was a gifted mathematician, so 'talented' fits the first blank, and Charles Babbage was responsible for creating one of the earliest mechanical computers, which fits the second.
'Imprudent' means not wise, and 'ravaging' means laying waste, so the first option makes nonsense of the sentence. 'Cultured; trashing' makes no sense for a computer, and in 'innate; establishing' the first word does not fit a mathematician well. Only the fourth option gives sense at both blanks.
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