A woman whose Facebook search for a nurse who cared for her almost 40 years ago went viral this week has found the mystery woman — in only 24 hours.

Amanda Scarpinati has wondered all her life about a nurse who helped her in the Albany Medical Center in 1977. At 3 months old, Scarpinati caught a cold, so her parents put her on a couch near a hot-steam humidifier. She was in the living room by herself and rolled off the couch and landed right on the humidifier. She remained there for a full minute, suffering third-degree burns on her face and hands.

Scarpinati spent seven weeks in the hospital and went through many surgeries during her youth as a result. All through elementary school, she was picked on and laughed at because of it. But one person Scarpinati knows treated her with only loving care? A nurse at the burn unit, whose photo Scarpinati had seen for years. “There are a picture of us together in an annual report for Albany Med from that year. I don’t know how our family got hold of it, but I’ve always had the report and I would stare at the pictures and wonder who she was, ever since I was kid. But I’ve never had a name to go with the face,” Scarpinati says. 

Scarpinati says she tried to locate the nurse 20 years ago, but with no luck. “I went to Albany Med and they did some research but weren’t really able to find anything,” she says. “I just wanted to thank her.”

Nurses’ work is important to Scarpinati, whose mother is also a nurse. “What they do is truly amazing. A lot of time it’s not the doctors who have the bedside manner, it’s the nurses that comfort you. I remember as a kid having one surgery and my mother couldn’t be there but a nurse was.” Scarpinati said.

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1.Why did Amanda Scarpinati stay in the Albany Medical Center?

A Because she caught a bad cold.

B Because she needed money.

C Because she was burned badly.

D Because she fixed the humidifier.

解析：选C。C。细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句的She remained there for a full minute, suffering third-degree burns on her face and hands可以得知她是因为烫伤才住进医院的。

2.What happened to Scarpinati during her elementary school?

A She spent seven weeks in the hospital every year.

B She was made fun of by other students in her school.

C She was well treated by one people with loving care.

D She had to spend most of her time in the Facebook.

解析：选B。B。推理判断题。根据文章第三段第二句的All through elementary school, she was picked on and laughed at because of it可以得知在整个小学期间都有人嘲笑她。

3.What is Scarpinati’s clue about finding the nurse?

A The picture on Albany Med’s annual report.

B The telephone number the nurse gave her.

C The living room they once lived together.

D The name of the nurse who cared for her.

解析：选A。A。细节理解题。根据第三段第五句的There are a picture of us together in an annual report for Albany Med from that year可以得知她家里有一张当年医院报告上的她和那名护士的照片，这是她手里关于那个护士的唯一线索。

4.Where did Scarpinati go to find the nurse?

A She searched every shop that ever sold the humidifier.

B She traveled back to the living room she once lived in.

C She went to the place where she was once looked after.

D She visited the elementary school that was built in 1977.

解析：选C。C。细节理解题。根据第四段第二句的I went to Albany Med and they did some research but weren’t really able to find anything...可以得知她去了她曾经被照顾的医院，但是还是没有找到那名护士。

5.What Scarpinati said in the last paragraph is to show ______.

A Scarpinati’s mother is also a nurse

B the disadvantage of being a doctor

C the importance of the nurses’ job

D what the nurses can do for patients

解析：选C。C。主旨大意题。从文章最后一段第三句的A lot of time it’s not the doctors who have the bedside manner, it’s the nurses that comfort you可以得知她说的话是为了表达护士工作的重要性。