Senior High School First Year Contest Problem

A. Multiple-Choice Problems. (5 points each, a total of 40 points)

1. The function y log a x has domain x 3 when y 1 . The possible values of a are ( ).

1
A. 1 a 3 B. a 3 and a 1
3

1 1
C. 1 a 3 or 0 a D. 0 a or a 3
3 3

2. If P {x | y log 2 (1 x), y R} and Q { y | y x 2 x }, then P Q ( ).

A. [0, 1) B. [1/2, 1) C. [0, ) D. [0, ]

3. What must be the minimum value of so that the minimum value of the function y 2sinx at
open interval [0, 1] appears at least 20 times?

87 89
A. 38 B. C. D. 40
2 2

4. The point ( x, y) is called a whole point if both the abscissa and the ordinate are integers. The
number of whole points on the graph of ( x 1)2 ( y 2)2 3 is ( ).

A. 36 B. 30 C. 24 D. 16
 5. If a real number x satisfies 25x 2 144 x 4 , then the minimum and maximum values of
x6
y are ( ).
5 x
2 9 3 9
A. Minimum: , Maximum: B. Minimum: , Maximum:
9 2 8 2
3 2
C. Minimum: , Maximum: 10 D. Minimum: , Maximum: 10
8 9

ab
6. Triangle ABC has sides a, b, c which satisfy b 2 c 2 a 2 bc 0 . If S ABC , then
4
ABC is a/an ( ).
A. Isosceles triangle with Vertex Angle 120 B. Equilateral triangle
C. Isosceles Right triangle D. 30 60 90 Right triangle

7. In the sequence {xn }, x1 3, xn 1 3 n . The units digit of x2011is (

x
).

A. 1 B. 3 C. 7 D. 9

8. For a function f (x) , it is known that f ( x y) f ( x) f ( y) for all real numbers x and y and
f ( x) 0 . If f (1) 2 , evaluate
f (2011) f (2009) f (3) f (1) f (1) f (3) f (5) f (2009) f (2011)
.
f (2012) f (2010) f (4) f (2) f (2) f (4) f (6) f (2010) f (2012)

A. 1006 B. 2012 C. 2515 D. 4024

B. Fill in the blank. (5 points each, a total of 40 points)

82011 42011
9. ______.
82007 42005

10. A 2011-digit number N is formed by repeatedly concatenating the digits 1 9 in increasing order
and halting when necessary. (i.e. 123456789123456789123456789...) The remainder when N is
divided by 9 is ______.

11. It is known that for any non-zero real number x, f ( x) f ( f ( x)) 1 . What is the value of
f (2011) ?

12. Given x 1 y 1 3 . The area surrounded by the graph is ______.

 13. The range of y 2011 x x 2010 is ______.

14. In ABC, BC = 5, AC = 7, AB = 8, and P is a fixed point on AC. Segments are drawn from P to
meet BC and AB at D and E respectively such that PDAB, EPBC. If parallelogram PEBD has
maximum area, then PE has length ______.

15. In the following table of numbers, the minimum value of the absolute value of the difference
between the two corresponding numbers is _____.

1 5 9 13 2677 2681
2011 2008 2005 2002 4 1

16. In a convex heptagon, no three diagonals intersect at the same point. The points of intersection of
the diagonals can be connected to form ______ new line segments.

C. Problem Solving. (10 points each, a total of 20 points. Show your brief solution on the space
below each question)

17. Define a function S (n) n where x denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. For
example, S (4) 2 and S (10) 3 .Find the value of S (1) S (2) S (3) ... S (2011) .