$7.((4)/(\%))$ In $2021,$ WSH Balanced Fund earned a higher rate of return than its benchmark portfolio did. The weights and performance of each asset class for WSH Balanced Fund and its benchmark portfolio are in the following.

The contribution of asset allocation across markets to the total excess return was

$($A$)0\%$

$($B$)1\%$

$($C$)2\%$

$($D$)3\%$

$($E$)4\%$