单选题 23.  Mother told me that she would come back ______, maybe in a few weeks.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 词义辨析
long ago：很久以前；long before：很久以前；later on：后来；before long：不久，很快。根据句意可知，选D。
   妈妈告诉我她不久就会回来，也许几周之后。