2. Of course, this question depends on personal strength ... My personal feeling is that if the topic (especially the second exam with only three questions) is convenient or just what I am good at (of course, I need luck+strength), it is relatively easy to win the prize, especially the geometry topic. It will be very beneficial to get full marks.

I don't know what I said on the internet, but I won the first prize in the second and third grades, and there is no difference in certificates. But I took the exam in 2002 and 2003. I wonder if there is any difference now. I'd better go to official website to check it myself, or ask the teacher of the tutoring contest and call the Provincial Mathematics Association.

Now there is no such thing as extra points in the senior high school entrance examination, which will certainly help improve the level of mathematics ~

I remember that there are many sets of real questions (probably 1980s-2000, maybe there is a new version now) and simulation questions in a book by Mr. Qiu Zonghu. However, the simulated questions in most competition books are simpler than the real questions, so you can find some difficult questions to do during practice.