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?