[解析]
(1)推理判断题。根据第一段的The daughter of a romantic poet and occasional freedom fighter,Ada Lovelace had a famous but absent father(Ada Lovelace是一位浪漫诗人和偶尔的自由斗士的女儿,她有一位著名但缺席的父亲),可知Ada从未见过自己的父亲,是由母亲独自抚养长大的。故选B。
(2)细节理解题。根据第二段的Her life changed when she met inventor Charles Babbage at a party.As he demonstrated a working section of his mechanical calculator,Ada was taken in by how it worked and wanted to know more.Impressed by the 17﹣year﹣old's obvious passion,Babbage became her tutor(当她在一次聚会上遇到发明家查尔斯•巴贝奇时,她的生活发生了变化。当他演示他的机械计算器的工作部分时,艾达被它的工作原理迷住了,想知道更多。巴贝奇被这个17岁女孩明显的热情所打动,成为了她的导师),可知激起她对数学和计算机工程兴趣的是Charles Babbage。故选D。
(3)推理判断题。根据第二段的Ada studied hard despite the fact that society did not encourage women pursuing interests in science(尽管社会不鼓励女性追求科学兴趣,艾达还是努力学习),可知Ada很勤奋刻苦;根据第四段的In her calculations,Ada wrote what are considered the first ever computer algorithms to be used in a new type of machine(在她的计算中,艾达写出了被认为是有史以来第一个用于新型机器的计算机算法),可知她极有天赋。故选B。
(4)推理判断题。根据第一段的She never knew Lord Byron,as just weeks after her birth in 1815...(她从未见过拜伦勋爵,因为1815年她出生几周后);最后一段Ada died of cancer aged only 36 and her work was largely recognised until the 1950s when her notes were republished(艾达死于癌症,年仅36岁,直到20世纪50年代,她的笔记被重新出版,她的工作才得到广泛认可),可知她于1851年去世,而到了她死后快一个世纪的时候,她的贡献才广为人知。故选C。