More Americans are Googling themselves ------ and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too.
In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine.
That is more than twice the 22 percent of users who did in 2002, but Pew senior research specialist Mary Madden was surprised the growth wasn't higher.
"Yes it's doubled, but many Internet users have never done this simple act of plugging their name with search engines," she said.
Americans under 50 and those with more education and income were more likely to self-Google because their jobs demand a certain online persona.
Meanwhile, Pew found that 53 percent of adult Internet users admit looking up information about someone else, not including celebrities.
Often, it's to find someone they have lost touch with. But looking up information about friends, relatives, colleagues and neighbors also was common.
Although men and women equally searched for online information about themselves, women were slightly more likely to look up information about someone they are dating.
In many cases, the search is done to find someone's contact information. But a third of those who have conducted searches on others have looked for public records, such as bankruptcies(破产) and divorce （离婚）proceedings. A similar number have searched for someone else's photo.
Few Internet users say they Google themselves regularly —— about three-quarters of self-searchers say they have done so only once or twice. And most who have done so consider what they find accurate.
Pew also found that teens were more likely than adults to restrict who can see their information at an online hangout(常去之处) like Facebook or News Corp's MySpace.
【小题1】The number of American adult Internet users______ Mary Madden.

More Americans are Googling themselves ------ and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too.

In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine.

That is more than twice the 22 percent of users who did in 2002, but Pew senior research specialist Mary Madden was surprised the growth wasn't higher.

"Yes it's doubled, but many Internet users have never done this simple act of plugging their name with search engines," she said.

Americans under 50 and those with more education and income were more likely to self-Google because their jobs demand a certain online persona.

Meanwhile, Pew found that 53 percent of adult Internet users admit looking up information about someone else, not including celebrities.

Often, it's to find someone they have lost touch with. But looking up information about friends, relatives, colleagues and neighbors also was common.

Although men and women equally searched for online information about themselves, women were slightly more likely to look up information about someone they are dating.

In many cases, the search is done to find someone's contact information. But a third of those who have conducted searches on others have looked for public records, such as bankruptcies(破产) and divorce （离婚）proceedings. A similar number have searched for someone else's photo.

Few Internet users say they Google themselves regularly —— about three-quarters of self-searchers say they have done so only once or twice. And most who have done so consider what they find accurate.

Pew also found that teens were more likely than adults to restrict who can see their information at an online hangout(常去之处) like Facebook or News Corp's MySpace.

1.The number of American adult Internet users______ Mary Madden.

2.What does “ they” refer to in the seventh paragraph?

3.How many people have checked others’ photos?

4.What is the best title of the passage?

More Americans are Googling themselves-and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too.

In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U. S. adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine.

That is more than twice the 22 percent of users who did in 2002, but Pew senior research specialist Mary Madden was surprised the growth wasn’t higher.

“Yes it’s doubled, but many Internet users have never done this simple act of plugging their name with search engines,” she said.

Americans under 50 and those with more education and income were more likely to self-Google because their jobs demand a certain online persona.

Meanwhile, Pew found that 53 percent of adult Internet users admit to looking up information about someone else, not including celebrities（名人）.

Often, it’s to find someone they have lost touch with. But looking up information about friends, relatives, colleagues and neighbors also was common.

Although men and women equally searched for online information about themselves, women were slightly more likely to look up information about someone they are dating.

In many cases, the search is done to find someone’s contact information. But a third of those who have conducted searches on others have looked for public records, such as bankruptcies（破产） and divorce（离婚） proceedings. A similar number have searched for someone else’s photo.

Few Internet users say they Google themselves regularly―about three-quarters of self-searchers say they have done so only once or twice. And most who have done so consider what they find accurate.

Pew also found that teens were more likely than adults to restrict（限制） who can see their information at an online hangout（常去之处） like Facebook or News Corp’s MySpace.

72. The number of American adult Internet users      Mary Madden.

A. frightened                 B. pleased                            C. disappointed             D. annoyed

73. What does “they” refer to in the seventh paragraph?

A. Common people                                           B. Scientists

C. Adults                                                         D. 53percent adult Internet users.

74. How many people have checked others’ photos?

A. One-fifth                  B. One-fourth               C. One-third                 D. A half

75. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Learn to Google yourself                               B. Googling oneself is popular

C. A new performance online                             D. Don’t Google yourself online

    Have you ever ‘‘Googled’’ yourself?

    More Americans are Googling themselves－and many are checking out their friends，co-workers and romantic interests，too．

    In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U．S．adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine．That is more than twice the 22 percent of users who did in 2002，but Pew senior research

specialist Mary Madden was surprised the growth wasn’t higher．

    “Yes，it’s doubled，but it's still the case that there’s a large number of Internet users who have never done this simple act of plugging their names with search engines，”she said．

    Americans under 50 and those With more education and income were more likely to self-Google―in some cases because their jobs demand a certain online persona．Meanwhile．Pew  found that 53 percent of adult Internet users admit looking up information about someone else． celebrities excluded．

Often，it's to find someone they’ve lost touch with．But looking up information about friends, relatives，colleagues and neighbors was also common．

Although men and women equally searched for online information about themselves．women were slightly more likely to look up information about someone they are dating．

    In many cases，the search is just done to find someone’s contact information．But a third of those who have conducted searches on others have looked for public records，such as bankruptcies and divorce proceedings．A similar number have searched for someone else’s photo．

    Few Internet users say they Google themselves regularly－about three quarters of self searchers say they have done so only once or twice．And most who have done so consider what they find accurate．

    Pew also found that teens were more likely than adults to restrict who can see their profiles at an online hangout like Facebook or news Corp’s MySpace．

52．How many of Internet users googled themselves in 2002 according to the report?

    A．22％                   B．44％                    C．47％                      D．53％

53．The research of Pew was aimed to find    ．

    A．why Google is so popular among Americans

    B．how many people would like to self-google in America

    C．whether Americans like searching for online information

    D．What online information is most welcomed among Internet users

54．Mary Madden’s remarks suggest that    ．

    A．she was surprised that the growth wasn’t higher

    B．many Internet users find it difficult to Google themselves

    C．more Internet users are expected to Google themselves because it's simple

    D．some Internet users have never tried Googled themselves though it’s simple

55．Why have many Internet users never made a try to Google themselves?

    A．Because they don’t consider what they find accurate．

    B．Because they think it unnecessary to do so．

    C．Because they worry about their security online．

    D．It is not mentioned in the report．

56．Which conclusion can we draw from the report?   

    A．Teens would like more people to see them online．

    B．Most of the women Internet users tend to make dates online．

    C．People are more likely to search for information of others than of themselves．

    D．Quite a few Internet users are much concerned about their personal security online．

Through a series of experiments an American scientist has gained an understanding of the social structure of the most complex of ant societies. The ants examined are the only creatures other than man to have given up hunting and collecting for a completely agricultural way of life. In their underground nests they plant gardens on soils made from finely cut leaves. This is a complex operation requiring considerable division of labor. The workers of this type of ant can be divided into four groups according to size. Each of the groups performs a particular set of jobs.   

The making and care of the gardens and the nursing of the young ants are done by the smallest workers. Slightly larger workers are responsible for cutting leaves to make them suitable for use in the gardens and for cleaning the nest. A third group of still larger ants do the construction work and collect fresh leaves from outside the nest. The largest are soldier ants, responsible for defending the nest.

To find out how good the various size - groups are at different tasks, the scientist measured the amount of work done by the ants against the amount of energy they used. He examined first the gathering and carrying of leaves. He selected one of the size groups, and then measured how efficiently these ants could find leaves and run back to the nest. Then he repeated the experiment for each of the other size groups. In this way he could see whether any group could do the job more efficiently than the group normally undertaking it. 

The intermediate-sized (中等的) ants that normally perform this task proved to be the most efficient for their energy costs, but when the scientist examined the whole set of jobs performed by each group of ants, it appeared that some sizes of worker ants were not suited to the particular jobs they performed .

1．According to the passage, the ants______.

A．grow something in their nests             B．go hunting for a living

C．cut leaves to make a fire                  D．do each of the jobs all together

2．It is observed that slightly larger ants perform more of the______.

      A．construction tasks                      B．defensive work

      C．household tasks                         D．dangerous work

3．The underlined word "good" means ______.

      A．co-operating       B．efficient            C．hardworking      D．responsible

4．The experiments made by the scientist were based on ______.

      A．special methods                         B．scientific theories

       C．personal interests                    D．systematic observations