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14. considerable difficulties / internet services are rather easy /,/ with English / Although / if you are notfamiliar / to use// 🡪Although ___________________________________________________________________Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage (1.5 pts)Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological (15)_______. But actually the idea for a computer was worked out over two centuries ago by aman called Charles Babbage. Babbage was born in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliantmathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines (16)_______ he called“engines”. Despite the fact that he (17) _______ building some of these, he never finished any ofthem. Over the years people have argued (18) ______ his machines would ever work. Recently,however, the Science Museum in London has finished building an engine based on one ofBabbage’s designs. (19) _____ has taken six years to complete and more than four thousandparts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at aspecial exhibition in the Science Museum (20)__ remind people of Babbage’s work.