星座运势（horoscope）是许多人常常关注的。那么这种做法是否科学呢？占星学（astrology）又是否是科学的呢？
老夏考研“每日一题”选自《科学美国人》，原文文章标题为“Is Astrology Real? Here’s What Science Says”（占星术是真的吗?科学是这样说的）。
今天给的是完形填空。若正确，一定给自己狠狠点赞哟。 ......
【题目】空缺中的最佳动词是什么？
[A] concerns.
[B]impacts.
[C] aggravates.
[D] reverses.
【试题】
①Astrology is generally defined as the belief that astronomical phenomena, like the stars overhead when you were born or the fact that Mercury is in retrograde, have the power to influence the daily events in our lives and our personality traits. ②A specific aspect of astrology — the forecasting of a person’s future or the offering of advice on daily activities via horoscopes — is particularly growing in popularity. ③Clearly, lots of people are looking for ways to interpret the stars for advice. ④Astrology is founded on understanding the positions of the stars, which seems like a scientific enough pursuit in itself. ⑤But is there any science to back up whether astrology _______ our personality and our lives?
【参考译文】
①Astrology is generally defined as the belief that astronomical phenomena, like the stars overhead when you were born or the fact that Mercury is in retrograde, have the power to influence the daily events in our lives and our personality traits. 占星术通常被定义为一种信仰，即相信一些天文现象有能力影响我们生活中的日常事件和我们的性格特征象。天文现象有出生时头顶上的星星或者水星逆行的事实。
②A specific aspect of astrology — the forecasting of a person’s future or the offering of advice on daily activities via horoscopes — is particularly growing in popularity. 尤其越来越受欢迎的是占星学的一个具体方面，即预测某人的未来或通过星座运势就日常活动提供建议。
③Clearly, lots of people are looking for ways to interpret the stars for advice. 显然，很多人都在寻找诠释星星的方法，以获得建议。
④Astrology is founded on understanding the positions of the stars, which seems like a scientific enough pursuit in itself. 占星术是建立在对星星位置的认知之上的，它本身似乎是一种足够科学的追求。
⑤But is there any science to back up whether astrology _______ our personality and our lives? 但是，就是否占星术影响我们个性和生活的问题，有任何证据支持吗？
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一个相当敏感的问题：你的星座与考研成功有关联性吗？——老夏考研每日一题（41）
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