What background knowledge would best add to a reader’s understanding of an online article about recycling in local communities? knowing which states have the best recycling programs
reflecting on information gained while visiting a local recycling center
knowing which day of the week recycled goods are picked up
remembering facts from a previously read article about organic gardening

B visiting the local center would help you to understand more about what you have been reading

Explanation:

you will be able to use the valuable information of what you have read and what you have "evidence" of seeing to inform and persuade others to recycle.

reflecting on information gained while visiting a local recycling center

Explanation:

c. with one finger is the answer

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.