1 a) Complete the gaps with the correct preposition where necessary.
1. Hugh grew up ___
the suburbs of London. 2. This
residential area is convenient to live in because there are many shops,
schools and entertainment facilities close ___
hand. 3. What's
the best way to get
Minsk? 4. There is a chemist's ,
the corner of the street. 5. If you get lost, you can ask
a policeman ___ directions. 6. If you want to get to Elm Street,
turn right ___ the crossroads. 7. Can you tell me
to the Central Railway Station? 8. Some buildings in Minsk date
back the 19th century. 9. Modern cities suffer pollution.
10. Seattle is easy to explore ___
foot. 11. If you go
a guided tour, you will get a lot of information about the place.
12. Zaslawye was founded ___ 985 by Vladimir the Great.
the way​

15- 1, 3, 2, 4

16- There are  two types of formal education: general and vocational.

General education commonly transmit cultural heritage and don't prepare trained specialists. We can find examples of general education almost in all elementary education and then in secondary schools.

While general education teaches us skills which we use throughout our life (for example reading, writing and arithmetics), vocational education prepares students for a job! Vocatonal education can teach us more technical subjects and give us a lot of practise. Also, there are some universities and separate professional schools which prepare their students for careers in architecture, business, medicine, music, teaching, and a lot of other fields.

Modern art of Kazakhstan After the declaration of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, many artists began to rethink their work, to look for new directions. In modern life of Kazakhstan began to develop three areas in the visual arts: the symbolic method, conceptual reception and realism. The art of modern Kazakhstan - the rejection of stereotypes, creative search, a large

the number of interpretations, styles that solve the problems of the new era in different ways. Agymsaly Duzelkhanov (born in 1951) depicts images of historical personalities realistically. His paintings such as "Tomiris", "Saki", "Oguz Khan", "Abylay Khan", "Abulkhair Khan", "Tole, Kazybek, Pharmacy Bi", made a huge contribution to the development of the national

art. He is the head of the group of authors in the design of the national currency of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He is distinguished by a bright creative style, he made a significant contribution to the formation of ethnic design, i.e. in the formation of the aesthetic and functional qualities of the subject environment, in the design of textbooks of the new generation and Kazakh fairy tales. His work is popular among the people. When working on the images of khans and biys, he tried to capture the spiritual world of each of his heroes.

The result of this fruitful work, the artist's mastery are monuments to the heroes of the past era. The name of A.Duzelkhanov is named among 33 artists - owners of the high honorary title “World Artist” in the USA, which brought together artists from 150 countries of the world. The works of different cycle of Dulat Aliyev make a strong impression on the audience. The manner of execution of the work "Death of Otrar" had a huge impact on one of the directions.