阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Joyce: What do you think of the lead teacher’s speech?
Caroline: I think it was ____ (interest).
Joyce: ____ do I. I hear Mike is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year.
Caroline: Yes, his teacher says so. He ____ (work) hard at his lessons every evening for months. He want to go to Oxford University next year.
Joyce: I hope he will realize his goal.
Caroline: I hope so. ____ I think he works too hard. I hope he’ll go out and enjoy ____ for a change. How about your son Carl?
Joyce: Don’t mention him. Carl never starts studying.
Caroline: You’re joking. I heard that Carl ____ (win) the composition prize.
Joyce: You have made ____ mistake. That is White Carl. My son is Brown Carl. The whites live in the same community ____ we do. White Carl has always been so hard working. He wants to be a ____ (write). My son likes going to the concert. He only likes singing.
Caroline: ____ he practices singing, he will become a singer in the future.
Joyce: Not all people can become a singer. I don’t think he has the talent.