(This posting includes handouts which you are welcome to use with your students.)
See • Reading Units: Reading for Insights (Introduction) for an introduction to these reading units.
Article & Study Guide for Proximity: The Most Important Factor in Making a Friendship is How Close You Are Physically (and excerpts)
Here is the link which you can download for free: Proximity Article, Study Guide, Reflection, Vocabulary & Answer Key
Concluding paragraph 
See Select Category > ESL Reading Units Free for links to all the Free Reading Units.
Onward!
David Kehe