问题
选择题
During ______ afternoon, the rain became smaller, but towards__________ evening, there was a sudden landslide that buried the village.
A．/; the
B．the; /
C．the; the
D．an; the
答案
B
考察冠词。在下午期间，可知特指某个下午，故用定冠词。towards evening是一个固定搭配“到晚上的时候”，故不用冠词，选B。