Kodak’s bankruptcy was a sad story for a leading American corporation that pioneered photography and the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.
(1) 句子结构。
本句主句为主动补（SVC)结构:Kodak's bankruptcy (主语)was (系动词） a sad story (主语补语） for a leading American corporation that pioneered photography and the film market for decades but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution (画线部分作 corporation 的定语)。
(2 )选项词义。
A. abruptly adv.突然地；唐突地
B. eventually adv.最后，终于
C. definitely adv.确切地；明确地；清楚地
D. progressively adv.渐进地；日益增多地
句子大意为“柯达作为一家顶尖美国公司，其破产令人扼腕。这家公司数十年来在摄 影和胶卷市场一直处于领先地位，但未能适应这场数码变革，最终败落” 。 eventually 与原句中的ultimately为近义词，为正确答案。
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语法拓展。
有些句子由两个或两个以上的并列句构成，若其中一个分句含有较长修饰语，需注意识别并列分句之间的逻辑关系，同时也需注意辨析每个分句的内在结构。
e.g. In the early industrialized countries of Europe, the process of industrialization with all the far-reaching changes in social patterns that followed was spread over nearly a century; whereas nowadays， a developing nation may undergo the same process in a decade or so.
在先期实现工业化的欧洲国家中，工业化进程以及随之而来的深刻社会结构变革持续了大约一个世纪之久，但如今，一个发展中国家十年左右就可能完成这个过程。