Q66541 – Língua Inglesa – Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisa em Avaliação e Seleção (CEBRASPE/CESPE) 2024

The word “however” (second sentence of the first paragraph) is an adverb that can be correctly replaced with nonetheless.

The pronoun “them”, in “many of them” (first sentence of the text), refers back to “language teaching and research circles”.

The word “that”, in “hold that” (first sentence of the second paragraph), is a pronoun which is the object of “hold”, and refers back to “those who subscribe”.

In “for theorizing to be productive” (last sentence of the first paragraph), the word “theorizing” is used as a noun and, as such, is the object of “feel”.

The fragment “(or think they don’t)” (last sentence of the first paragraph) shows that the authors have doubts about some people not having problems with theory.