He said he had been to Hong Kong ____ and he would go there ____ once again.

He said he had been to Hong Kong ____ and he would go there ____ once again. A.long before,before long B.before long,long before

C.long ago,before long D.long before,long before

选择哪一个选项？ 为什么？

选A。long before 是指很久以前； before long是指不久以后。从时间点上可以判断出来。

这句话的句子时态也能看出来：had been to 是表示已经发生过的事情了，would go 是将来要发生的事情。

选A。第1空与过去完成时连用不能用long ago或before long；第2空与过去将来时连用，只能用before long。

A

选A

按句意选A，long before很久以前，before long不久以后

句意：他说他很久以前去过香港，他将不久以后再去香港一次