For Select NUMBER 2 as BY Default you have to add single line in your code,
this.NUMBER2ToolStripMenuItem.Select();
This code for getting text of selected items...
' your method would look something like this
Private Sub MenuItem2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim mnuItem As MenuItem = DirectCast(sender, MenuItem)
MessageBox.Show(mnuItem.Text)
End Sub '
' and just so you know, it would be attached to the event like so
AddHandler MenuItem2.Click, AddressOf MenuItem2_Click