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第21 至 30 題為題組   Robert Stroud (1890－1963) was an American prisoner who reared and sold birds and became anornithologist while in prison. He became known as the “Birdman of Alcatraz.” Despite this 21 , heactually kept birds only at Leavenworth Prison, before he was transferred to Alcatraz.     Stroud is one of the most notorious criminals in American history. He was convicted of first-degreemurder and sentenced to death by hanging in 1916. His mother desperately 22 for his life. Finally,in 1920, President Woodrow Wilson changed his death sentence to life 23 without parole. Butbecause of Stroud’s unpredictable and violent outbursts, the warden directed that Stroud be placed in a24 unit to live out his sentence in total isolation.      While at Leavenworth (1912－1942), Stroud developed a 25 interest in birds after finding aninjured sparrow in the prison yard. He was given a special right to 26 birds and maintain a lab insidehis two prison cells. It was felt that this activity would allow for productive use of his time. As a result ofthis 27 , Stroud was able to author two books on canaries and their diseases. He had raised nearly 300birds in his cells, carefully studying their habits and physiology. He even developed and marketed medicinesfor various kinds of bird 28 . Although it is widely debated whether the remedies he developedwere 29 , Stroud was able to make scientific observations that would later benefit research on thecanary species.     In 1942, Stroud was transferred to Alcatraz. He spent the next seventeen years there, but was notallowed to keep pets. While there, he wrote two more manuscripts, but these were never published becauseit was 30 by the prison authorities. In 1963, he died in a medical center in Missouri.

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