Questão de Inglês - Answer the following questions in your notebook. If necessary, read the text again. a) How old was Katherine Johnson

Answer the following questions in your notebook. If necessary, read the text again. 

a) How old was Katherine Johnson when she graduated from college? 

b) Katherine’s first job was as a teacher. What did she teach? 

c) The first time she worked as a “computer” was when she was accepted at which place? 

d) Why was she so important for Nasa, even after electronic computers started to become more popular?

RESPOSTAS:

a) Katherine Johnson was 18 when she graduated from college.

b) Katherine taught French and Math.

c) The first time she worked as a “computer” was when she was accepted at Langley Research Center.

d) She was very important for Nasa because she was very accurate in her calculations.

Questão de Inglês - Read the text again and write, in your notebook, the alternative that best summarizes Katherine Johnson’s importance to science.

Read the text again and write, in your notebook, the alternative that best summarizes Katherine Johnson’s importance to science. 

a) Katherine Johnson was important just for helping Nasa get man going to the moon. 

b) Katherine Johnson was important because she calculated faster than anyone else who worked as a “computer” for Nasa. 

c) Katherine Johnson had a key role in both Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 trips to space and contributed to Nasa with her work for many years after that.

RESPOSTA:

Letra C.