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
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A. /; the
(答案→)B. the; /
C. the; the
D. an; the
解析：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。