单选题
The first time I heard the actual London Bridge was in Lake
Havasu City, Arizona, I thought it was a joke. A stupid joke at that. I mean,
what sort of {{U}}moron{{/U}} would take a perfectly good, perfectly famous bridge
and move it halfway around the world to some no-name town in northwest Arizona?
Back in 1962 when all this started, Lake Havasu City was nothing. A couple of
shops, a couple of homes, and no tourism at all. It turns out
Robert McCulloch is the moron in question, and he wasn't quite the moron I
thought he was. His 2.45 million dollar investment(投资) in the 130-year-old
bridge—which the British government was selling because it was about to fall
into the Thames(晤士河)—ended up being the investment of a lifetime. You see
McCulloch was a real businessman, among other things, and his money paid off
big. He turned Lake Havasu into one of the most visited tourist attractions in
Arizona. It took nine long years to take down the bridge, ship
it brick by brick to the middle of nowhere, and build it up again. When it
finally did open up in 1971, it was a huge deal covered by the international
press. The bridge is now a popular tourist attraction, and
there's even a mini "English Village" at the foot of the bridge with
souvenirs(纪念品) and real British food so you can have a good old time.
Nowadays Lake Havasu is a busy town with a population of about 56,000
citizens and another 2.5 million visitors each year. Most of that is during
spring break when the town overflows with energetic boys and girls. Even MTV and
the Girls Gone Wild people get in on the action. All thanks to that little
bridge. I don't know about you, but I'm saving my pennies. When
the French get sick of that Eiffel Tower, I'll be the first to put money on it.
It'll look great in my backyard.
单选题
The underlined word "moron" in the first paragraph means ______.