As I drove my blue Buick into the garage, I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was _________ too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the _________ space. That left _________ enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home _________ , and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space—too close to my car, _________ . At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had _________ and I shouted at her, "Can't you see you're not _________ me enough space? Park farther over." Banging（猛推）open her door into _________. The driver shouted back, "Make me!" _________ this she stepped out of the garage. Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my __________ Then one day, I thought, "What can I do?" I soon found __________ . The next day the woman __________ a note on her windshield（挡风玻璃）:

I'm sorry my mistress（女主人）shouted at yours the other day. She's been sorry about it. I know it because she doesn't sing anymore while __________ . It wasn't like her to scream __________. Fact is, she'd just got bad news and was taking it out on you two. I __________ you and your mistress will __________ her.

Your neighbor,

Blue Buick

When I went to the __________ the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a note on my windshield:

My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so __________ because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I'm glad we can be __________ now.

Your neighbor,

Yellow Oldsmobile

After that, whenever Blue Buick __________ yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled.

More than forty thousand readers told us what they looked for in close friendships, what they expected of friends, what they were willing to give in __________, and how satisfied they were with the quality of their friendships. The __________ give little comfort to social critics.

Friendship appears to be a unique form of __________       bonding. Unlike marriage or the ties that bind parents and children, it is not defined or regulated by __________. Unlike other social roles that we are expected to play — as citizens, employees, members of professional societies and other organizations — it has its own principle, which is to promote __________ of warmth, trust, love, and affection between two people.

The survey on friendship appeared in the March __________       of Pswliology Today. The Findings __________       that issues of trust and betrayal (背叛) are __________ to friendship. They also suggest that our readers do not look for friends only among those who are most like them. but find many __________       differ in race, religion, and ethnic (种族的) background. Arguably the most important __________       that emerges from the data, however, is not something that we found — but what we did not.