MoreAmericansareGooglingthemselves------andmanyarecheckingouttheirfriendsco-workersandromanticintereststoo.
InareportSundaythePewInternetandAmericanLifeProjectsaid47percentofU.S.adultInternetusershavelookedforinformationaboutthemselvesthroughGoogleoranothersearchengine.
Thatismorethantwicethe22percentofuserswhodidin2002butPewseniorresearchspecialistMaryMaddenwassurprisedthegrowthwasn'thigher.
"Yesit'sdoubledbutmanyInternetusershaveneverdonethissimpleactofpluggingtheirnamewithsearchengines"shesaid.
Americansunder50andthosewithmoreeducationandincomeweremorelikelytoself-Googlebecausetheirjobsdemandacertainonlinepersona.
MeanwhilePewfoundthat53percentofadultInternetusersadmitlookingupinformationaboutsomeoneelsenotincludingcelebrities.
Oftenit'stofindsomeonetheyhavelosttouchwith.Butlookingupinformationaboutfriendsrelativescolleaguesandneighborsalsowascommon.
Althoughmenandwomenequallysearchedforonlineinformationaboutthemselveswomenwereslightlymorelikelytolookupinformationaboutsomeonetheyaredating.
Inmanycasesthesearchisdonetofindsomeone'scontactinformation.Butathirdofthosewhohaveconductedsearchesonothershavelookedforpublicrecordssuchasbankruptcies(破产)anddivorce（离婚）proceedings.Asimilarnumberhavesearchedforsomeoneelse'sphoto.
FewInternetuserssaytheyGooglethemselvesregularly——aboutthree-quartersofself-searcherssaytheyhavedonesoonlyonceortwice.Andmostwhohavedonesoconsiderwhattheyfindaccurate.
Pewalsofoundthatteensweremorelikelythanadultstorestrictwhocanseetheirinformationatanonlinehangout(常去之处)likeFacebookorNewsCorp'sMySpace.
1.ThenumberofAmericanadultInternetusers______MaryMadden.
A.frightened
B.pleased
C.disappointed
D.annoyed
2.Whatdoes“they”refertointheseventhparagraph?
A.commonpeople
B.scientists
C.adults
D.53percentadultInternetusers
3.Howmanypeoplehavecheckedothers’photos?