证明: (1) 过点$A$作$AG\perp DC$于点$G,$则$\angle AGD = 90^{\circ}。$
因为$\angle D = 45^{\circ},$所以$\angle DAG = 90^{\circ}-\angle D = 45^{\circ},$所以$\angle DAG=\angle D,$所以$AG = DG。$
根据勾股定理$AD=\sqrt{AG^2 + DG^2}=\sqrt{2}AG。$
因为$AD = 2\sqrt{2},$所以$\sqrt{2}AG = 2\sqrt{2},$解得$AG = 2。$
因为$\odot A$的半径为$2,$所以$AG$为$\odot A$的半径。
又因为$AG\perp DC,$所以直线$DC$与$\odot A$相切。
$ (3) 能从剩下的纸片中剪出一个圆作为该圆锥的底面。理由如下: $
因为$AB// DC,$$\angle D = 45^{\circ},$所以$\angle BAD = 180^{\circ}-\angle D = 135^{\circ}。$
因为$\odot A$的半径为$2,$所以$\overset{\frown}{EF}$的长为$\frac{135\pi\times2}{180}=\frac{3\pi}{2}。$
所以以扇形$AEF$为侧面的圆锥的底面圆的半径为$\frac{3\pi}{2}\div2\pi=\frac{3}{4}。$
设$\odot A$的切线$BM$与$CD$交于点$P,$连接$AM,$则$\angle AMB = 90^{\circ}。$
因为$AB = 2\sqrt{2},$$AM = 2,$所以$BM=\sqrt{AB^2 - AM^2}=\sqrt{(2\sqrt{2})^2 - 2^2}=\sqrt{8 - 4}=2,$所以$AM = BM。$
所以$\angle BAM=\angle ABM=\frac{1}{2}(180^{\circ}-\angle AMB)=45^{\circ},$
所以$\angle DAM=\angle BAD-\angle BAM = 135^{\circ}-45^{\circ}=90^{\circ},$所以$\angle AMB=\angle DAM,$所以$AD// BP,$
所以$\angle BPC=\angle D = 45^{\circ},$四边形$ABPD$为平行四边形,所以$BP = AD = 2\sqrt{2}。$
因为$BC = 2\sqrt{2},$所以$BC = BP,$所以$\angle C=\angle BPC = 45^{\circ},$所以$\angle PBC = 180^{\circ}-\angle BPC-\angle C = 90^{\circ}。$
所以$S_{\triangle PBC}=\frac{1}{2}BC\cdot BP=\frac{1}{2}\times2\sqrt{2}\times2\sqrt{2}=4,$$CP=\sqrt{BC^2 + BP^2}=\sqrt{(2\sqrt{2})^2+(2\sqrt{2})^2}=\sqrt{8 + 8}=4。$
设$\triangle PBC$的内切圆的半径为$r,$则$S_{\triangle PBC}=\frac{1}{2}(BC + BP + CP)r,$
即$\frac{1}{2}\times(2\sqrt{2}+2\sqrt{2}+4)r = 4,$$(4\sqrt{2}+4)r = 8,$$r=\frac{8}{4\sqrt{2}+4}=\frac{8(4\sqrt{2}-4)}{(4\sqrt{2}+4)(4\sqrt{2}-4)}=\frac{32\sqrt{2}-32}{32 - 16}=2\sqrt{2}-2。$
因为$2\sqrt{2}-2\approx2\times1.414 - 2 = 0.828>\frac{3}{4},$所以能从剩下的纸片中剪出一个圆作为该圆锥的底面。