8. Dabei ... sie den Beruf einer Architektin genauer...

Explanation:

This sentence fragment describes someone learning more about the profession of an architect.

Options:

• a) kennen, lernen (know, learn)
• b) lernte, kennen (learned, know - past tense)
• c) kannte, lernen (knew, to learn - mixed tenses/logic)

Answer:

A grammatically correct and logical completion is: Dabei b) lernte, kennen sie den Beruf einer Architektin genauer... (Thereby, she learned to know the profession of an architect more closely...)